Re: [us...@httpd] Redirecting htaccess over SSL, then back to port 80?

2009-07-14 Thread Paul Reilly
Getting back to the original subject: Assuming you're doing standard HTTP Authentication, it doesn't work that way. Once you get the login popup, every subsequent request by the browser sends the same authentication token (username password in clear text) to the server. You're right - the

Re: [us...@httpd] Redirecting htaccess over SSL, then back to port 80?

2009-07-14 Thread Aaron Turner
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Paul Reillyparei...@tcd.ie wrote: Getting back to the original subject: Assuming you're doing standard HTTP Authentication, it doesn't work that way.  Once you get the login popup, every subsequent request by the browser sends the same authentication token

[us...@httpd] Redirecting htaccess over SSL, then back to port 80?

2009-07-07 Thread Paul Reilly
Hello, Is there a recommended solution for redirecting clients which need to authenticate for .htacess to a secure version of the URL, and then following succesful authentiction, redirecting them back to the normal (port 80) URL ? I've seen code like the following Directory

Re: [us...@httpd] Redirecting htaccess over SSL, then back to port 80?

2009-07-07 Thread Aaron Turner
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Paul Reillyparei...@tcd.ie wrote: I don't want to force all web access over HTTPS, just the .htaccess authentication. Assuming you're doing standard HTTP Authentication, it doesn't work that way. Once you get the login popup, every subsequent request by the