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+1  Q: 

IE 7 and 8 SSL download from simple HTML page not working, tomcat server

Hello,

I have a simple HTML file which has one link to a file kept for download. The site uses SSL (self signed cert). When I click on the file to be downloaded in FF or Chrome, it works fine and saves the file on to disk.

Here is the code-

<html><body> download from <a href="hello.tar.gz">here</a></body></html>

When I open the same page with IE 7/8, and click on the link, it gives an error saying "Internet Explorer cannot open hello.tar.gz from server"

Edit: Forgot to mention that IE 7 / 8 works fine without SSL.

Please help!
-Keshav

UPDATE: Solved the problem with a tomcat 6 configuration. Here is the link that helped me solve the problem- http://community.eapps.com/showthread.php?p=461

A: 

Have you configured the MIME types for the file extension *.gz (or *.tar.gz)?

It sounds like IE is trying to interpret the file as gzipped HTML, instead of prompting to download it.

ewall  2009-09-22 13:26:29
Hi ewall, it does not matter what the file is. It does not even work for a txt file.
Keshav  2009-09-22 13:27:15
Another couple things you could do to get more info: (1) turn off "Show friendly HTTP error messages" in the IE clients and (2) use a tool like the Firefox add-in "Live HTTP Headers" to view the requests and returned headers when the browser tries to retrieve the file.
ewall  2009-09-22 13:30:55
Oh well the prompt for file save does come up. But it also errors out. Will try to post the image.
Keshav  2009-09-22 13:31:06
+2  A: 

IE normally downloads attachments into its "Temporary Internet Files" folder, however when the site is in HTTPS mode the attachments will not be downloaded.

Theres detailed explanation in this article.

IE and HTTPS for the whole site with a '/' as the url-pattern

Hope this helps.

rahul  2009-09-22 13:33:48
+1 Ah, that's interesting... and informative.
ewall  2009-09-22 13:37:22
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I found another link http://community.eapps.com/showthread.php?p=461 related to this that solved my problem.
Keshav  2009-09-22 14:10:28

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