What you should really do is set-up an IIS virtual root (e.g. /protected). You then set this virtual root to forward to, for example, http://localhost:8088
SSL can be run on the virtual root, which will encrypt all incoming traffic as it has the following pattern:
CLIENT -> IIS -> ORION
However, the traffic back from Orion to the client will not be encrypted, as the outbound port from the (Orion) server won't be secured using SSL. If this a requirement you may have to think more carefully about the solution. One of the best ways I've seen of encrypting data between a browser and a server is to run the encryption software on a firewall (if this option is open). Most commercial, and even some "freebie" firewalls come with an encryption module that allows you to protect traffic up the point where it passes through the perimeter of your network, which is essentially all you're really interested in. There is no drastic need to encrypt point to point, and SSL performance through firewalls tends to be a lot better.
George
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Bronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:00 PM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Re: Orion and IIS
You are correct... This is exactly what I want to do, not redirect.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Krueger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: Orion and IIS
I think you misunderstood his question. he meant forwarding, not
redirecting. he wants to set up IIS to provide SSL protection for pages
served by orion. IIS would serve as a proxy then. quite a difference. I'm
not an IIS expert but it looks as if what you propose would only send a
redirect for someone accessing the server root. so apart from not
protecting the pages you would not even redirect requests correctly (like
an appropriate mod_rewrite setup with apache would).
regards,
robert
At 21:10 21.08.00 , you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Redirecting all requests from IIS to Orion is as easy as:
>
>1. Create an ASP page in your default IIS directory (usually
>InetPub/wwwroot) called "default.asp"
>
>2. The contents of the file should be the two following lines:
><%@ Language="VBScript" %>
><% Response.Redirect("http://localhost:8080") %>
>(NOTE: Substitute the redirect URL to your servername:portnumber )
>
>3. That's it!
>
>Best of luck,
>
>Runar.
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