Re: [mv] [MV4.04a] AOL , whats up with them ??

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting jimtoro@hoflink.com (jimtoro@hoflink.com):
> ******    message to minivend-users from jimtoro@hoflink.com     ******
> 
> 
> I have been working on a site for a customer for a month
> now and suddenly they drop the bomb on me and tell me that
> when they go to check out and then revert back to continue
> they get empty shopping carts or your cookies expired or 
> other errors.
> 
> I have read the mailing list archives and now have added:
> 
> IpQuad 0
> IpHead  Yes
> DomainTail No
> 
> to the minivend.cfg file
> Restarted the server and they still complain.
> 
> I noticed in the logs that their IP address changes throughout their
> session so I guess its that proxy thing.  
> 
> Can anyone here enlighten me on what they did to get around this
> problem??.
> 
> I am using MV4.04a, BSDI 3.1, Perl 5.6.0, Apache 1.3.12 with Mod_ssl.
> Nobody else seems to have problems except the actual customers who
> I am making the damn website for.  I am sure its due to AOL and 
> I need to get over this quickly.

If there ever was an advertisement for paying the $125 to get a certificate,
this is it.

I say this over, and over, and over again and people continue to try and
do this false economy. If you continue to battle this, it is on your and
your customer's head.

None of this is guaranteed to work, but:

  * You could try "WideOpen Yes" in catalog.cfg, that will help, but make
    the catalog ultimately less secure.

  * Probably a better solution is to make all of your [order ...]
    links secure, with either form [process secure=1] or [area
    href=order arg="SKU" secure=1] or "AlwaysSecure order".

  * You should make sure your CookieDomain directive includes your
    secure domain.

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