[OpenSTA-users] Is it possible to record https traffic with up to date (patched) browsers?

[Joseph B. <jo...@Ve...>]

Greetings OpenSTA Users,

I'm looking for some concrete information on recording HTTPS traffic =
using any of the major browsers (IE, Firefox, Netscape) that are up to =
date with the latest patches.=A0 Is it even possible??=A0 =A0I am using =
the squiggly bracket workaround (http://{mysite.com) mentioned in the =
FAQ, but I have had no success with Firefox 2.0 and limited but not =
acceptable success with IE6 (ver 6.0.28000.1106).=A0 When I say limited =
but not acceptable I mean sometimes I can record up to a certain point =
but then the browser just hangs showing Opening page...down in the =
bottom message bar - nothing is every returned.=A0 I have to close the =
browser and end the recording session. =A0The SCL script does show up =
for the last page that was recorded, but of course it's not a complete =
recording. The next try I may get a little further along or not as far, =
but the browser always ends up hanging.=A0 I know the web app is OK, b/c =
repeating the exact same steps when the site is non-secured yields =
perfect recordings (plus the app is in a stable release).=A0=A0 I didn't =
have any success using IE7 either.  I've considered just doing all the =
recording and load tests as non-secured, but I think it would be hard to =
take those results and relate them in a meaningful way to the same =
setup, albeit secured.=A0=A0 From what I've read, the performance and =
loads on the servers/clients (notably the web server and clients) will =
be very different when the site is secured versus non-secured.=A0 This =
makes perfect sense to me and seems true.=A0 If so, how realistic is it =
to take results from a non-secured load test and try to apply them to a =
secured site (again all other things being equal)?=A0 To me it's like =
comparing apples to oranges.=A0=A0=20

Do I need to go back to and IE5 or a base IE6 version to do HTTPS =
recordings?

If anyone has any insight into recording HTTPS using currently patched =
browsers I would greatly appreciate a response.=A0 Thanks in advance.

Joe =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0