Problem with IE forms over SSL: rails + lighttpd

Rails
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If I submit a form with lots of checkboxes using IE, rails, lighttpd
(server on OSX Server, client on XP), then I get a “This page cannot be
displayed” message from IE after some delay and nothing shows up in the
rails or lighttpd logs. Cutting the number of checkboxes fixes the
problem. Safari works fine. I’ve googled for anwers and apparently
there is an upload problem for IE/SSL which the
server.max-keep-alive-requests = 0 is supposed to remedy. I’ve also
tried server.max-keep-alive-idle = 60, as suggested by other authors,
but to no avail. Is anyone else running into this problem? Is there a
good workaround?

IE info:

Version: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
Cipher Strength: 128-bit
Update Versions:;SP2;

2

Hi Sorenson,

I think I’m having a similar problem, but I’m using WEBrick and SSL.

The server is occasionally returning an empty 404 when the form data is
being posted. My form contains a file upload field, so I’m wondering if
it is the problem outlined here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889334/

At first I thought it was WEBrick that was causing it, as it should
never return an empty 404 (it should show a rails routing error
instead).

I’ve not found a fix yet but I’ll be in touch if I do!

Andy

Sorenson wrote:

If I submit a form with lots of checkboxes using IE, rails, lighttpd
(server on OSX Server, client on XP), then I get a “This page cannot be
displayed” message from IE after some delay and nothing shows up in the
rails or lighttpd logs. Cutting the number of checkboxes fixes the
problem. Safari works fine. I’ve googled for anwers and apparently
there is an upload problem for IE/SSL which the
server.max-keep-alive-requests = 0 is supposed to remedy. I’ve also
tried server.max-keep-alive-idle = 60, as suggested by other authors,
but to no avail. Is anyone else running into this problem? Is there a
good workaround?

IE info:

Version: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
Cipher Strength: 128-bit
Update Versions:;SP2;

3

I’ve not found a fix yet but I’ll be in touch if I do!

Anybody ? Firefox works fine hr … but i cannot patch all IEs :frowning:

Thanks
Andre