Joshua Slive wrote:
> On 7/3/06, Marton Fabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have a Apache/2.0.55 running on a BSD machine.
>>
>> I'm wondering how I could specify a different set of directives for a
>> given directory based on whether it's accesed through plain HTTP or
>> HTTPS - but without having to put the HTTPS-specific directives into the
>> according VirtualHost section.
>>
>> Like accessing an environment variable indicating the transport used or
>> something like that - based on which I could differentiate the
>> directives.
>>
>> Specifically, I want to allow access only for my local subnet through
>> plain HTTP, but allow access from anywere through HTTPS.
>>
>> The reason why I don't want to put the HTTPS-specific directives into
>> the VirtualHost section is that I want all settings applying to a given
>> directory to be in one place - and my VirtualHost section is included
>> from a separate ssl.conf, so using that would mean separating the
>> HTTPS-specific directives for the directory from the global directives.
>>
>> Could anyone point me to the right direction? I couldn't find any
>> discussion of this matter on the net.
> 
> The variables available with mod_ssl are discussed here:
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_ssl.html#envvars
> See also the SSLOptions directive.
> 
> These variables can be used with mod_rewrite, and may also work with
> mod_access, depending on the configuration.
> 
> But my opinion is that you should just place the directives in the
> appropriate <VirtualHost>.  Anything else would be adding needless
> complexity for hte sake of retaining an arbitrary config structure.

If you must place the directives in one place, put them in another file,
and include it in both VirtualHosts.

> Joshua.
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