Re: http or https?

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37610
interpreted = N
texte = on 3/8/01 5:28 pm, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Mark Derrick wrote: >> >> This is something I've only found discussed in the archives (by Ken) way >> back in '98, and I am wondering whether a neat solution has been found. >> >> We're trying to ensure that people access the https version of a page, >> rather than the regular http version. >> (this is an admin page which clients MAY type in directly, thus probably >> forgetting to add the https!) >> > > You should really be using your web server's realm security support > for this, rather than relying on something the browser may not even > send (referrer for example). Place all of your admin templates in > a directory marked as requiring SSL at the web server level. WebCat > doesn't directly support SSL because it doesn't need to; the web > server softare does all of the SSL work for you. > > Under WebSite, for example, if you try and access a directory marked as > requiring SSL using HTTP://, the server will issue a redirect to > HTTPS for you. No fuss, no muss, and more importantly no programming > involved. > > HTH > > John > As far as I can tell, WebSTAR (4.4) doesn't support this, unless it's very well hidden away! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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on 3/8/01 5:28 pm, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Mark Derrick wrote: >> >> This is something I've only found discussed in the archives (by Ken) way >> back in '98, and I am wondering whether a neat solution has been found. >> >> We're trying to ensure that people access the https version of a page, >> rather than the regular http version. >> (this is an admin page which clients MAY type in directly, thus probably >> forgetting to add the https!) >> > > You should really be using your web server's realm security support > for this, rather than relying on something the browser may not even > send (referrer for example). Place all of your admin templates in > a directory marked as requiring SSL at the web server level. WebCat > doesn't directly support SSL because it doesn't need to; the web > server softare does all of the SSL work for you. > > Under WebSite, for example, if you try and access a directory marked as > requiring SSL using HTTP://, the server will issue a redirect to > HTTPS for you. No fuss, no muss, and more importantly no programming > involved. > > HTH > > John > As far as I can tell, WebSTAR (4.4) doesn't support this, unless it's very well hidden away! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Mark Derrick

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