Problem with client certificate based authentication

Question

Hello.
We are developing an AIR application that uses client
certificates for authentication. We have written a simple test case
to show the problem.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
private function responseHandler(): void {
Alert.show("Response received");
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HTTPService id="exampleService"
url="https://www1.aeat.es/pymes1/pacargoi.html"
showBusyCursor="true"
result="responseHandler()">
</mx:HTTPService>
<mx:Button label="Send"
click="exampleService.send()"/>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
When we click on the button, it sends the request to the
protected page and then (if you have CA emitted certificates) the
dialog appears requesting the client certificate. And it works
fine.
But next time we click on the button, the dialog requesting
the client certificate appears again.
Is there a way to stop showing the dialog every time?
Any help would be very appreciated.
Thanks a lot for your support.
Paco.

Answer 1

I have just sent a Feature Request/Bug Report with the
following text:
"We are experiencing a problem using AIR with a server that
requires authentication via client certificate.
The dialog for selecting the client certificate appears every
time that the AIR application interacts with the server (not only
the first time).
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Install Apache HTTP Server with SSL and require client
certificate in order to authenticate.
2. Develop an AIR Application that connects to this server
(HTTPService or RemoteObject have been tested with the same
result).
3. Every time that the AIR application connect to the
server, the dialog appears in order the user to select the client
certificate.
Results: This makes the AIR application unusable.
Expected results: The dialog requesting the client
certificate should appear the first time only."
Thanks,
Paco.