Error dowloading from HTTPS page using IE6

[stressball]

I have a hyperlink on one of my https jsp pages for the user to download the data on the screen to a .csv. Previous to adding SSL to the site the download worked fine, now when trying to download I get the following message:

Internet Explorer cannot download reports.csv from <server_name> The file could not be written to the cache.

This is a problem with IE6, it downloads fine with Mozilla, unfortunately the users will be using IE. I have read that IE 6 has this problem, but I am yet to find a solution. It was suggested to me that installing SP1 would fix it, but it didn't. Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[gargouille]

There are various levels of encryption security offered by
different flavors of IE. Perhaps this is failing in the 56-bit encryption level.
Afterall, trust is a 2 way street, isn't it?
Can you assure they'll all have 128-bit? (if that works)
IE 5.5 HAS it...IE6 CAN get it...the others have to be upgraded to it.
Path to upgrades:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/128bit/default.asp

 

[stressball]

IE6 already has 128bit encryption. I have disabled the download functionality in the live system for now (as it is no use to the users currently anyway) and I am testing it on the development server using IE6 SP1. Does anyone have any other suggestions or advice? It has to be an IE issue as it works in Mozilla just fine.

 

[gargouille]

Extant fix suggestion, I know, but this may be controlled by file type.

Go to My Computer, View, Folder Options, File Type (or Control Panel, Folder Options depending on your operating system). Search for the affected file type, highlight it and select edit (or advanced). Turn on the option to
confirm open after download.

 

[stressball]

I had a look and the option is already turned on.