Tom Evans wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 12:07 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
>   
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I have finally able to redirect the viewvc ( svn viewer ) to https. here
>> is the configuration
>>
>> ``````````````````````````````
>> ScriptAlias /test  /usr/lib/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi
>>
>> <Location /test>
>> RewriteEngine   on
>> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
>> RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
>>
>> AuthType Basic
>> AuthName "requires a password"
>> AuthUserFile /home/svn/PASSWD
>> Require valid-user
>> </Location>
>> ```````````````````````````````````````````
>>
>> This is working fine for both internet and intranet.  But  I have found
>> it first check the authorization through http connection and after
>> getting the right password it redirects  to https version.  Can I
>> redirect  to http before authentication  ?
>> Please let me know.
>> Thanks
>>
>>     
>
> I think I'm missing something. If you aren't supposed to access this
> resource, except through SSL and after authentication, then surely this
> is trivial. 
> Simply set up 2 vhosts, one SSL, one non-SSL. In the non-SSL vhost,
> redirect to the SSL vhost and don't have any authentication. In the SSL
> vhost, you can have your script and AAA setup.
>
>   

Hello Tom,

Thanks, yes it is another workaround.

cheers.
 

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