Don Russell schrieb:
> IT-Support@AStA TU Darmstadt wrote:
>> Hello squirrelmail-community,
>>
>> I've installed & configured squirrelmail on debian linux (etch/testing)
>> with apache2 and so far it works fine! :-)
>> What I want to do now, is to secure the login process.
>> The manual tells about the "RedirectPermanent" option that I already use
>> for mailman and I would prefer this option.
>> The problem is, that configuring apache with "RedirectPermant" for
>> squirrelmail-login obviously cause a loop and the browser hangs. Why?
>> With mailman it works fine?
>> I'd like to avoid using mod_rewrite.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> If you have control over the apache config... I found this to be very
> effective:
>
> I added the following to the squirelmail.conf file and restarted apache
> (On my system that's in /etc/httpd.conf.d directory)
>
> <Location ~ /webmail>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
> RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}/webmail/ [R,L]
> </Location>
>
>
> This means that if you connect to squirrelmail as "http:// ...." it
> automatically "switches over" as if you had used https...
>
> I find this is very simple, effective and easily understood. :-)
>
> I like it because I would enter the domain/path without a scheme (http
> vs https), see a non-secure page, then re-enter the url WITH a scheme...
> now can can still use my bad habits (omitting scheme) and my server
> "does the right thing". :-)
>
> I also like it because it is a "general solution", easily used for other
> directories.... and I feel it's better to have this sort of thing at
> "the server level" than at the "application level".
>
> Don Russell
Hello guys,
thanks a lot for your responses and sorry for my late feedback!
I decided to use mod_rewrite an it works fine!
Thanks again!
Best wishes,
Ivan
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