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#1 2018-07-26 11:22:39

xot
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Not-so-minor SSL Update

blogicon-20180726.gifEarlier in the month I posted about minor updates coming to the site. A recent one was pretty major. I've transitioned the site to SSL and hopefully I didn't screw things up too badly. That means the site and forums should be accessed using https:// protocol. This secures your connection from being snooped by baddies and makes Chrome (and future browsers) less likely to alarm visitors with dire warnings of mischief.

The transition required a lot of gentle massaging to get everything working correctly. If something seems amiss, please let me know here or via Twitter.


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#2 2018-09-12 20:57:42

idealcastle
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Re: Not-so-minor SSL Update

I notice the site is still running HTTP. If you're using Apache you can use an auto-forwarding redirect over to HTTPS.

Something like this:

ExpandRewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on 
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

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#3 2018-09-13 03:44:42

xot
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Re: Not-so-minor SSL Update

Trying to get the site to redirect to HTTPS has been nightmare. No matter what I tried I'd get a redirection loop, even if I eliminated every other rule in case there was some conflict. Same thing with this suggestion.

However, it prodded me to explore this more deeply and it looks like I neglected a server setting which is what was apparently causing the conflict. I was "doing it wrong" trying to get this going with .htaccess. I think it should be working properly now.

Thanks.


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#4 2018-09-13 23:07:59

idealcastle
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Re: Not-so-minor SSL Update

xot wrote:

Trying to get the site to redirect to HTTPS has been nightmare. No matter what I tried I'd get a redirection loop, even if I eliminated every other rule in case there was some conflict. Same thing with this suggestion.

However, it prodded me to explore this more deeply and it looks like I neglected a server setting which is what was apparently causing the conflict. I was "doing it wrong" trying to get this going with .htaccess. I think it should be working properly now.

Thanks.


Awesome looks like its working on my end!

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#5 2018-11-01 10:05:04

Rasnake
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Registered: 2018-10-25
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Re: Not-so-minor SSL Update

idealcastle wrote:
xot wrote:

Trying to get these affordable payday loans and the site to redirect to HTTPS has been nightmare. No matter what I tried I'd get a redirection loop, even if I eliminated every other rule in case there was some conflict. Same thing with this suggestion.

However, it prodded me to explore this more deeply and it looks like I neglected a server setting which is what was apparently causing the conflict. I was "doing it wrong" trying to get this going with .htaccess. I think it should be working properly now.

Thanks.


Awesome looks like its working on my end!

How did you manage to do it in the end, Xot?

Last edited by Rasnake (2022-09-22 10:00:41)

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#6 2018-11-01 13:33:25

xot
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Re: Not-so-minor SSL Update

It was just a server control panel setting I didn't notice.


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