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Force https question

Discussion in 'Security' started by EneTar, Dec 29, 2015.

  1. EneTar

    EneTar Well-Known Member

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    I 've read that SSL handshaking takes place before rewrite rules in htaccess and I though to use something like

    Code:
    NameVirtualHost se.rv.er.ip:443
<VirtualHost se.rv.er.ip:443>
   ServerName www.mydomain.tld
   Redirect permanent / https://mydomain.tld/
</VirtualHost>
    I've seen some people doing something similar Nginx: redirect non-www to www on https in nginx

    and I thought if there is a way to do this in apache. Of course I tried the above code but I'm definitely no expert at this. Does anybody know how to do it?
     
    #1 EneTar, Dec 29, 2015
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    Thank you for your answer, I've just tried but it doesn't redirect from https://www. to https://mydomain before it fail in the SSL handshake. I guess it can not be done.
     
    #2 EneTar, Jan 8, 2016
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    This is what I use to force https in .htaccess:

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    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
     
    #3 quizknows, Jan 11, 2016
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    Hello :)

    Most SSL providers allow "non-www" and "www" to work on a default SSL certificate purchased. Is this not the case with your certificate, or are you attempting to redirect between different domain names?

    Thank you.
     
    #4 cPanelMichael, Jan 11, 2016
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    I purchased a multidomain certificate and didn't know that choosing mydomain.com doesn't cover www.mydomain.com. They need $25/domain to cover all the www versions. So I wanted to redirect the traffic from www to non www through https but I suppose this is not going to happen because of the the ssl handshake taking place before the redirects.. I'm not sure if a reverse proxy in the front could help.
     
    #5 EneTar, Feb 11, 2016
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    Thank you, good link
     
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