Re: Trouble with Port 443 after Upgrade to 1.4.14-1

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On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Paul Lesniewski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Jim Duda <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Paul Lesniewski wrote:
>>
>>>> I installed the SVN version as you requested.
>>>> The banner displays as:
>>>>
>>>> SquirrelMail version 1.4.17 [SVN]
>>>
>>> Looks like the script that generates snapshots stalled out in
>>> December.  Too bad.  I'll have to get with the team on that one.  So
>>> for now, you'd have to resort to an anonymous SVN checkout instead to
>>> get our newest code.
>>>
>>>> So, I know I'm pointing to the proper version.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, you aren't.
>>
>> Okay, I installed from SVN.  Now my banner says:
>> SquirrelMail version 1.4.18 [SVN]
>>
>> Same behavior.  Everything works fine using port 8024, but not using 443.
>>
>>>
>>> As well as getting the newest SM code, you need to inspect the cookies
>>> in your browser.  It may be possible that you are experiencing bug
>>> #2388423, which is addressed in 1.4.18SVN.
>>
>> Using firefox, I can see that the cookies for the server are available.
>> I don't have the knowledge to determine if they are correct.
>>
>> I have four cookies "SQMSESSID".
>> I have two cookies "squirrelmail_language"
>> I have one cookie "key"
>>
>> If I remove the cookies, then use port 443 again, I only have one
>> set (4 totals), all of which are coded with
>> "Send For: Encrypted connections only"
>>
>> Next I downgraded to this version (banner display):
>> SquirrelMail version 1.4.16
>>
>> Now, both ports 443 and 8024 work properly.
>>
>> So, there was something different between version 1.4.16 and 1.4.17 which
>> caused my specific behaviour change in squirrelmail.
>>
>> However, it's possible my problem might be caused by the fact I am
>> not using port 443 is a standard SSL manner.  I don't use SSL at
>> all and I've never figured out how to set it up in the proper
>> use case.  I only use ports 443 since it's accessible both from
>> work and through my ISP.  And, some change in 1.4.17 was fixing
>> some bug which allowed me to use 443 when I shouldn't have been
>> able too.  I dunno ... you know more about this than I do.
>> I'm certainly willing to learn about how to setup SSL if necessary
>> to properly use port 443.
>
> That's a very risky bet.  All the software in the equation - from the
> browser to the web server to SquirrelMail all typically assume 443 ==
> SSL.  It is possible to use non-SSL connections on port 443, but it's
> always going to introduce a higher probability that problems like this
> will occur.  One thing you can do with 1.4.18 (BTW, the snapshots on
> our download page are working again) is to turn off
> $only_secure_cookies (config/conf.pl-->4-->16. Only secure cookies if
> poss.) because you indicated that you are NOT using SSL but the
> SSL-only flag is turned on.

Or try to trick SM by setting $sq_https_port to to something other
than 443 (some unused port is fine if you don't use SSL) in
config/config_local.php

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