On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:00, Paul Annesley wrote: > > Specifying http:// will cause the browser to use port 80 by default. > Specifying https:// will cause the browser to use port 443 by default. > > However, apache does not automatically assume that 80 == http and 443 > == https, you need to use the SSLEngine directive to turn it on for a > particular port. > > This is done by creating an IP/port based virtualhost (as opposed to > name based virtualhost) so that you can turn on SSLEngine for port 443 > but not for port 80 - hence the need for the virtualhost. Ahh yes. It's all making some sense now. And as I think about how I'm going to structure my stuff, it's clear that you often won't want HTTP access to something you are trying to protect with HTTPS and therefore it becomes essential to have different roots or Directory directives associated with the protected stuff. -- Corporate Signatures Suck -- This email is from Civica Pty Limited and it, together with any attachments, is confidential to the intended recipient(s) and the contents may be legally privileged or contain proprietary and private information. It is intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this email. If received in error, please notify the sender and delete the message from your system immediately. Any views or opinions expressed in this email and any files transmitted with it are those of the author only and may not necessarily reflect the views of Civica and do not create any legally binding rights or obligations whatsoever. Unless otherwise pre-agreed by exchange of hard copy documents signed by duly authorised representatives, contracts may not be concluded on behalf of Civica by email. Please note that neither Civica nor the sender accepts any responsibility for any viruses and it is your responsibility to scan the email and the attachments (if any). All email received and sent by Civica may be monitored to protect the business interests of Civica. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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