On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote: > > > Apache using mod_rewrite would be the answer. The <VirtualHost ...:80> > > would need to have a redirect to 443. The problem will be the annoying > > notices about leaving or entering a protected site. > > I don't see how this can be the answer. > > Sure, it makes things appear to work, but the https encryption becomes > virtually useless as all/most requests are sent first unencrypted using > HTTP (including any sensitive request details) and then repeated using > https.
Further, no Apache is needed for the above. A plain browser redirect sent by Squid does the same, easily configured via a redirector helper. Regards Henrik
