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SSL form-based authentication problem Glassfish 2.1.1

From: <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:43:01 PST

Hi,

I am developing a JSF application using SSL. Everything works fine without SSL, but when I turn on SSL (certificate ok and everything) the form authentiaction no longer tells me when I enter a wrong user/pass combination. That is the redirect to the form-error-page does not work, it simply reloads the login URL with j_security_check at the end.
The application as a whole works like a charm (traffic is encrypted, padlock si displayed in browsers, etc.), but the login problem really bothers me.

From what I understand, it is a bug in Glassfish, but is there a workaround other than turning off SSL?

Thank you


---------------excerpt from my web.xml:
<security-constraint>
        <display-name>SSL Constraint</display-name>
        <web-resource-collection>
            <web-resource-name>SSL</web-resource-name>
            <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
            <http-method>GET</http-method>
            <http-method>POST</http-method>
            <http-method>PUT</http-method>
            <http-method>DELETE</http-method>
            <http-method>ERROR</http-method>
        </web-resource-collection>
        <user-data-constraint>
            <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
        </user-data-constraint>
    </security-constraint>
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