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what is "saml2.0 post response"

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NLampner
NLampner

What is " saml 2.0 post response? " What does it do? Where does it come from? I have a 17 inch Dell xps i7. The machine is up to date. I use Firefox as my browser. When I am on the internet and I want to return to a previous url and I click on the black return arrow , "saml 2.0 post response" comes up as one of the urls that I can return to. When I click on to it , it brings me back to the same page, in other words nothing seems to happen. I searched it on the internet and I do not understand a word of what the search tells me. Should I do something about this?

What is " saml 2.0 post response? " What does it do? Where does it come from? I have a 17 inch Dell xps i7. The machine is up to date. I use Firefox as my browser. When I am on the internet and I want to return to a previous url and I click on the black return arrow , "saml 2.0 post response" comes up as one of the urls that I can return to. When I click on to it , it brings me back to the same page, in other words nothing seems to happen. I searched it on the internet and I do not understand a word of what the search tells me. Should I do something about this?

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A way to prevent this pop-up about resending POST data is not to use the Back button, but to open links on a page requested from a server by sending a form with POST date in a new tab (window) with a middle-click or a Ctrl + left-click.
Then you can close that tab or window to go back.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Don't click the "back" button. right-click the "back" button and then select the previous page from the context menu.

Let us know if that bypassed the "saml 2.0 post response" message.

NLampner
NLampner Question owner

Bypassing "saml2.0 post response" doesn't answer the question as to what it is, or whether it should be on my computer.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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The web server which is hosting that website is sending that message.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_%28HTTP%29 

"It is often used when uploading a file or submitting a completed web form. "

Basically the web server is warning you about (and preventing you from) resending information which you have already sent by re-directing your request using the Back button.

Don't use the Back button. Reload the previous page from the "Back" button's history.

NLampner
NLampner Question owner

Thanks

cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

A way to prevent this pop-up about resending POST data is not to use the Back button, but to open links on a page requested from a server by sending a form with POST date in a new tab (window) with a middle-click or a Ctrl + left-click.
Then you can close that tab or window to go back.