Stefan,

> If I understood right to enable https redirection I have only to enable "http 
> cgi", set same path for http server as for https server and enable https cgi.

Yes.

> I tried it and worked. Do you think this combination can be used without 
> risking loosing connection to web- interface or creating higher CPU load for 
> the machine?

Yes, this is my personal configuration for many years.  No issues.

If in addition you need generic HTTP/HTTPS web serving use /mnt/kd/phoneprov/ 
for the data and http://pbx/phoneprov/ or https://pbx/phoneprov/ URL.

Lonnie


On Sep 28, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Stefan Ulm <s....@divus.biz> wrote:

> Hi Lonnie,
> 
> I agree totally, security first.
> Redirection to http will be my choice, because the only thing which sometines 
> people stuck, is that they try to enter only the IP in the browser, without 
> leading https.
> Means, that if I could define a https redirecting, so that people are 
> redirected to https, when they enter only the IP in the browser, this will be 
> the best solution for us.
> 
> If I understood right to enable https redirection I have only to enable "http 
> cgi", set same path for http server as for https server and enable https cgi.
> I tried it and worked. Do you think this combination can be used without 
> risking loosing connection to web- interface or creating higher CPU load for 
> the machine?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Stefan Ulm
> Technical Department | Research & Development
> stefan....@divus.eu
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Lonnie Abelbeck [mailto:li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com] 
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. September 2016 15:10
> An: AstLinux Users Mailing List <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Betreff: Re: [Astlinux-users] Access webinterface over http and https
> 
> 
> On Sep 28, 2016, at 6:48 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> Am 28.09.2016 um 13:35 schrieb Stefan Ulm <s....@divus.biz>:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> for our customers would be easier to access the webinterface for 
>>> configuration over http.
>>> IN parallel for us from remote and for CLI-usage we require access to https 
>>> in parallel.
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to access over http and https in parallel to the 
>>> webinterface?
>>> We use no internal LAN-Port, so the apu2 is a simple network device 
>>> in the local network (no routing, no firewall over astlinux on apu2
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> 
>>> Stefan Ulm
>>> Technical Department | Research & Development stefan....@divus.eu
>> 
>> Hi Stefan,
>> 
>> for security reasons I would strongly advise not to use http for accessing 
>> the webinterface.
>> There might be unkown bugs in the used libraries or applications (client or 
>> server side).
>> You theoretical could have unkown malware in your internal network as well.
>> 
>> And all for a bit more comfort .
>> You should educate your customer instead :-).
>> 
>> Michael
>> http://www.mksolutions.info
> 
> I agree with Michael, without HTTPS the 'admin' credentials are not secure.
> 
> In this day and age of half-baked (or intentionally malicious) IoT devices, 
> the LAN is not as safe as it once was presumed.
> 
> Out of curiosity: Is explaining to the user with a web browser how to trust 
> the self-signed certificate in AstLinux the problem ?
> 
> 
> But to answer your question, you can enable HTTP support for the web 
> interface:
> 
> Network tab ->
> --
> HTTP  Server Directory: /stat/var/www
> 
> HTTP  Server Options: _x_ HTTP  CGI
> --
> (reboot to apply)
> 
> But, if your don't fully qualify URL, ex: http://pbx/ it will redirect you to 
> HTTPS
> 
> (redirect to HTTPS)
> pbx ~ # curl -LIk http://pbx/
> --
> HTTP/1.1 302 Found
> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.25
> Location: https://pbx/status.php
> Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:43:08 GMT
> Server: lighttpd/1.4.41
> 
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.25
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:43:08 GMT
> Server: lighttpd/1.4.41
> --
> 
> (no redirect, uses HTTP)
> pbx ~ # curl -LIk http://pbx/status.php
> --
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.25
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:43:59 GMT
> Server: lighttpd/1.4.41
> --
> 
> Lonnie
> 
> PS: Since you are using an APU2 with three interfaces, why not (at least as 
> an option) allow your product to also act as a gateway device (firewall 
> enabled and two other NIC's are internal LAN's) so it would protect itself 
> from the pre-existing LAN environment as well as protect other possible DIVUS 
> products.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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