IIS Blocks pages with a session ID

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Hello,
I'm having problems trying to get IIS to proxy page requests, which have
a session ID in them, to a WebLogic 6.0 Server.
For example, the following page is accepted through IIS:
http://www.mydomain.com/index.jsp?L=en&C=AU
The IIS HTTP log indicates a successful match:
2001-10-29 00:24:54 SYD00142 - 149.44.68.240 80 GET /index.jsp - 200
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.5;+Windows+NT+5.0)
However, this URL, which contains session information, will not be
passed through:
http://www.mydomain.com/index.jsp;jsessionid=O9k6fLq3!
8748738969133413066!-1792260880!1234!1235?L=en&C=AU
The IIS HTTP log indicates an unsuccessful match:
2001-10-29 00:25:11 SYD00142 - 149.44.68.240 80 GET
/index.jsp;jsessionid=O9k6fLq3!8748738969133413066!-1792260880!1234!1235
L=en&C=AU 404 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.5;+Windows+NT+5.0)
The IIS proxy settings are as follows:
--------------<Start>-------------------
Executable: D:\bea\wlserver6.0\bin\iisproxy.dll
Extension: .jsp
Verbs: All Verbs
Script Engine: Enabled
Check that file exists: Disabled
--------------<End>-------------------
The iisproxy.ini and iisproxy.dll files are located in 'd:\bea
\wlserver6.0\bin'. Here are the contents of iisproxy.ini:
--------------<Start>-------------------
# iisproxy ini file for IIS and Weblogic proxying.
WebLogicHost=ozcomapp
WebLogicPort=1234
ConnectTimeoutSecs=20
ConnectRetrySecs=5
--------------<End>-------------------
Does anyone know the correct IIS configuration to proxy through pages
with a page extension containing session information?
Here is the system configuration:
OS: Windows 2000 Server (Build 5.00.2195), Service Pack 2
Web Server: IIS v5.0
WebLogic version: 6.0, Service Pack 2, Rolling Patch 1
Commerce Server version: 3.5, Service Pack 1
Installation directory: D:\bea\WebLogicCommerce3.5
Thank you.

Answer 1

Indeed, after speaking with local BEA support here in Australia and
speaking to MS I'm of the same opinion. However this isn't an acceptable
solution for the application I'm working on. Path by file extension is
the preferred method. Does this mean that what I'm requiring cannot be
achieved with an IIS/WL6.0 combination? Should BEA talk to MS about
supporting RFC standards like Apache and iPlanet?
In article <3bf2af90$[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
I believe this is a limitation of IIS. The servlet spec does say that for
url rewriting, the jsessionid must be encoded as a path parameter which
needs the ;.
SRV.7.1.3 URL Rewriting
URL rewriting is the lowest common denominator of session tracking. When a
client
will not accept a cookie, URL rewriting may be used by the server as the
basis
for session tracking. URL rewriting involves adding data, a session id, to
the URL
path that is interpreted by the container to associate the request with a
session.
The session id must be encoded as a path parameter in the URL string. The
name of the parameter must be jsessionid. Here is an example of a URL
containing
encoded path information:
http://www.myserver.com/catalog/index.html;jsessioid=1234
I am unsure as to why IIS does not handle the ;. It should as that is part
of the HTTP Spec as well.
Regards,
Eric
"Hattie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3bf28a76$[email protected]..
Hi!
Have you found any way to solved this problem? I'm having the samesituation
now. Could you give me some idea of it? Thanks in advance.
Hattie
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