IE 8 doesn't load skin resources under HTTPS

[maksymg]

Our test application doesn't load any icons/skin resources if we access the site via HTTPS using IE 8. Everything works fine via HTTP. Other browsers are not affected. We plan to build a secure application so https is a MUST for Java Server calls.

Any suggestions, workarounds?

Thanks in advance.

[Isomorphic]

This is a known IE limitation that happens if you prevent caching of images in HTTPS, which is on by default with some servers.

http://webui.sourcelabs.com/tomcat/issues/27122

[Isomorphic]

Whoops, that link has gone stale and there doesn't seem to be a good replacement, but in a nutshell, something is setting Cache-Control:no-cache or an equivalent "Pragma" header, and this breaks IE. The images should be advertised as cachable.

[jbhatia]

Hi,

Can you provide some more details or another link on this? I too am grappling with this issue but to no avail.

Regards,
Jai

Smartgwt 2.2
IE6,8