Re: [SLUG] Prolly a simple Apache question

From: Ronan Heffernan (ronanh@auctionsolutions.com)
Date: Tue Apr 20 2004 - 08:33:55 EDT


Bill Canaday wrote:

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>But I'm (temporarily) stumped.
>
>I have ecommerce software that uses http to get to its main page but then
>wants https://url/filename.php to allow user logins / registrations.
>1) According to nmap, Port 443 is open.
>2) Phpinfo.php returns the information it should ... so it's running.
>Actually, once I get everything sorted out, I plan on deleting it.
>
>The request for the page times out if I ask for it as
>https://cannaday.us/catalog/login.php
>but not if I ask for it as
>http://cannaday.us/catalog/login.php
>
>I'm looking at the online Apache 2.x docs right now and I can't seem to find
>anything relevant. Using the Google search function on the Apache site yields
>three hits ... none of which seem to resolve this matter.
>
>I DO want https working. While I COULD change the script to use a non-secure
>mode, that is not a good alternative.
>
>Can somebody point me at the answer? I suspect I am not seeing the problem
>correctly.
>
>
Are you using VirtualHosts? If so, you must use IP-based VirtualHosts,
not name-based VirtualHosts with HTTPS (from what I have read, this is
an HTTPS RFC deficiency, not an Apache deficiency).

--ronan

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