forwarding http://address/directory to https://address/directory

[John Castillo]

hello all,   i have setup mod_ssl... works.   now i'm trying to tweak my httpd.conf so that if a user connects to a secure area (https://host/secure_area) via an insecure protocol (http://host/secure_area) that they are redirected to the secured protocol (http+ssl over port 443).    temporarily, i'm use the SSLRequireSSL but that just Forbids access for people viewing the secure area over http.  is it possible to either redirect the client to https or apply some SSL directive that will enable SSL on the fly?   <Directory /home/httpd/html/secure_area>    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks    AllowOverride None    order allow,deny    allow from all    SSLRequireSSL </Directory> john c.