https --> http session problem

[Andrew Mottaz]

I've run into the problem where a session cookie gets lost when you 
start on http and move to https.  The reason seems to be that 
'secure=true' is set on the session cookie when you start on https, 
preventing the cookie from being passed to the http page.

I found the following in the archives:

You can maintain your session going http->https.  You can't maintain 
your
session https->http (unless you previously did a http->https).

 Is there any way to change the configuration to always use non-secure 
session cookies?

If there is not, is there a standard workaround?  I  hate the hack of 
redirecting to make sure that first access is not secure.

Thanks much,

Andrew