> -----Original Message----- > From: Puskás Zsolt ( Errotan ) [mailto:errotan@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:17 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Browser sends complete URL before SSL ? > > Hi all. > > I have a working apache2 server with ssl and I thought about > if a client > browser connects to the server with the URL like > https://www.example.com/somedir/file.html the browser sends > the full url in > plaintext No - this does not happen. > ..or connects to example.com encrypts the channel and > then sends the > remaining /somedir/file.html ? Yes - sort of... The HTTPS layer is like a wrapper around the HTTP protocol. The SSL session is established using only the TCP/IP attributes of the request (ie, IP address and port). Once the encrypted channel is open, the HTTP frame (containing the hostname, URL, cookies, etc.) is sent. So all client data is encrypted. BTW, this is exactly the reason that name-based VHs can't work under SSL. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > If it sends in plaintext I > have to rewrite > lots of php scripts for security :( . > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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