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Aug 6, 2013, 1:08 PM
6 Posts

DominoValidateRedirectTo=1 Problem

  • Category: Configuring
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 9.0
  • Role: Administrator
  • Tags: DominoValidateRedirectTo,SPR# KLYH8WBPRN,KLYH8WBPRN
  • Replies: 11

I have tried every form of redirect possible on this but everything fails once I set DominoValidateRedirectTo=1   Does anyone have any info that explains how this is supposed to work?  My security group is really pushing to get this resolved.

Thanks

Aug 15, 2013, 7:30 PM
27 Posts
how it works
When the ini is set, and when the login page html is generated by the Domino Server the URL set in hidden Redirecto field should  have an extra temporary query string argument appended to it. That argument  appears as $$_vrd2=<validation token>.  When the form is posted the login processing will use that token to validate if the redirect to URL to make sure it has not been hacked/changed.  If the token is not present or the URL cannot be validated then the login request is rejected.   The extra query argument is stripped off before doing the redirection after login.

If for some reason the login form has some other way of specifying the redirect to URL (the domino server does not generate it or is overridden with something else). The the token will not be present and the login request is rejected.


So for example, if the incoming URL that causes a login page to appear looks like /foo.nsf?Open, the redirectto url in the login form should look like /foo.nsf?Open&$$_vrd2=<validation token>


When the form is posted the login processing will take the <validation token> and verify it before login, if okay we do the login and redirect back to the orginal url /foo.nsf?Open.  If the validation fails then login fails.


 In your case the redirectto field should be set to /?$$_vrd2=<validation token> and if login is successful then we would redirect back to / and strip off the ?$$_vrd2 query arg.

If this continues to be a problem, the next step will be to raise a pmr.  There may be something about your use case and your login form that is causing things not to work.

 

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