If I force SSL on the website, then I get an error that the ASP page
needs
> you to login.
>
Do you mean the user is prompted to login when they're redirected to
the
https (port 443) URL or do you mean that the ASP page is never
executed?
Does http://portal.domain.com prompt for a login?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Carstairs" <
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To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:26 AM
Subject: Http to https redirect for WSS3
I have recently started to look at a site who have what was meant to
be a
> trial but has grown into a business critical application, WSS3 site.
>
> The site is setup in IIS in its own website called "portal".
>
> Internally and Externally it is accessed by HTTP://portal.domain.com
>
> The alternate access mapping is set to this.
>
> I have been insisting since day one that the go HTTPS.
>
> They have just agreed, and I have purchased an SSL cert, applied to
> IIS,
> and
> configured WSS alternate access mapping to point to
> https://portal.domain.com, opened port 443 on firewall,
>
> Now if you enter https://portal.domain.com it all works fine, and WSS
> generates all inks etc.
>
> The problem though is that they have numerous people accessing
> shortcuts
> etc, pointing to http, and I would like to set an automatic change
> for
> http
> requests to https.
>
> I have created the asp page and set everything up as recommended by
> MS
> (i
> used the asp page they give or owa, for a custom 403 error, just
> missed
> out
> the appending of /exchange to the url.)
>
> If I force SSL on the website, then I get an error that the ASP page
> needs
> you to login.
>
> I have disabled SSL required, on the virtual dir the asp is in, and
> this
> still happens
>
> I though it was because the redirect virtual dir is under the wss
> extended
> site of Portal, and so moved it into a new site, and pointed port 80
> to
> it,
> but it then just redirects to the site its on and displays under
> construction.
>
> Any one know how I can do this?
>
> Any http request portal.domain.com gets conve3rted to https without
> user
> intervention.
>
> i.e. http://portal.domain.com/ops/it/asset.aspx becomes
> https://portal.domain.com/ops/it/asset.aspx
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Graeme
>
>
>
>
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