Not sure what you really want to do. What you are doing now will encrypt the data sent from the client to the server. You may wnat to look at .htaccess/.htpasswd for what you are trying to do. Which is, I think, having user authentication before access is granted to view/edit the calendar.
On Monday 01 October 2001 16:01, Tim Wunder wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking to allow only secure access to webcal (a web-based calendar) > from the internet. I also want to allow non-secure access to other web > pages serverd by the webserver. I think I understand how to fdo this, but I > don't know for sure. > > I've read an SSL How-To at linuxdoc.org regarding creating a secure > webserver with RedHat, http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SSL-RedHat-HOWTO.html, and > followed most of the instructions for creating a .key and a .crt file. The > step I'm stumbling on is configuring the webserver. >as > The document provides a sample virtual host config for httpd.conf as > follows: <VirtualHost 172.18.116.42:443> > DocumentRoot /etc/httpd/htdocs > ServerName www.somewhere.com > ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ErrorLog /etc/httpd/logs/error_log > TransferLog /etc/httpd/logs/access_log > SSLEngine on > SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt > SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key > SSLCACertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt > <Files ~ "\.(cgi|shtml)$"> > SSLOptions +StdEnvVars > </Files> > <Directory "/etc/httpd/cgi-bin"> > SSLOptions +StdEnvVars > </Directory> > SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown > CustomLog /etc/httpd/logs/ssl_request_log \ > "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b" > </VirtualHost> > > But doesn't this make the entire web site a secure host, or would it be > just cgi scripts and shtml pages? How would I set this up so that only > webcal requires a secure connection? How do I set it up so that Webcal will > NOT accept an insecure connection? Do I configure that in the <Files> and > <Directory> sections? Like this... > <Files ~ "\.(cgi|shtml)$"> > SSLOptions +StdEnvVars > </Files> > <Directory "/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/webcal"> > SSLOptions +StdEnvVars > </Directory> > > Would that require connections to <IP address>/cgi-bin/webcal/webcal.cgi be > secure? I THINK that's what it does, but I wanted to run it by folks who've > done this sort of thing before. > > As always, any help is appreciated and thanks for listening. > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc > ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Ronnie ================== Life can be a dream; or it can be a nightmare it's all in your mind _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
