HTTPS stands for HTTP Secure and is a combination of HTTP and SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) and is used to provide an encrypted connection to a website.

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Apache: insecure request sent to secure port…want to redirect

Preface Firstly: A simply Port 80 -> Port 443 Rewrite WILL NOT fix this. In almost every previous question, mail thread, forum thread, etc., I have found this was the first ignorant response and ...
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[ISA 2006][Website Publishing] intermitten sc-status-code 64 after switching to HTTPS

We are publishing a website through ISA to client desktop client desktop --> ISA --> IIS servers The whole transmission is within our company internal network, just passing through different zones. ...
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How does a webserver handle a connection lost? [closed]

How does a web server handle a lost connection, for example the client sends a request and due to some problem got disconnected from the server before the latter could reply with a response, what does ...
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Apache 2.2.3 SSLProxyVerifyDepth picky with certificates

I am trying to setup an Apache Proxy for HTTPS web requests. The proxy is configured the following: <VirtualHost <IP>:8081> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP:targetPort} ^3443$ ...
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How do iptables ports work? [closed]

Let's say, for instance, a user on the network makes a HTTP request to http://serverfault.com. I believe the destination port (dport) in this case is 80. What is the source port (sport)? If the user ...
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How to run VisualSVN Server on port 443 running IIS on same server?

Server 2008 R2 SP1 VisualSVN Server 2.1.6 The IIS server has about 10 sites. One of them uses https over port 443 with the following bindings: http x.x.x.39:80 site.com http x.x.x.39:80 www.site.com ...
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Apache ~ how to force SSL client auth for specific IP

Haven't been able to figure out how to easily manage access to my SSL website. I'm trying to allow access to a specific location based on client IP. If client IP = 192.168.x.x => bypass client ...
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Unable to start the Phusion Passenger watchdog

I'm trying to install Passenger (mod_rails) on Apache2 server by using the command 1. gem install passenger 2. passenger-install-apache2-module Passenger gets installed and i added the below line ...
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Tinyproxy + https [closed]

I am faced with the following error message when using https my server is : CentOS release 6.4 (Final) Firefox: An error occurred during a connection to www.google.ca. SSL received a record that ...
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Why do I need to purchase an SSL certificate when I can generate one locally?

I am having trouble understanding why we need to purchase SSL certificates when we can generate them locally using openSSL. What is the difference between the certificate I purchase and a test ...
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A way to manage https virtual hosts and their certificates [closed]

I want to provide hosting for websites with different TLD, every website is to be accessible through https only and all of them on single IP (by using SNI). Is there a way to configure either http ...
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Apache reverse proxy converts links in page to https

I have set up a reverse proxy and on the resulting page the http links show as https, so they cannot be loaded as this is a pure http page. Could this be caused by a bad reverse proxy configuration? ...
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https lingering TIME_WAIT connections

From my client PC I'm connecting to a webserver, it uses HTTPS only. When I connect I see in TCPView (sysinternals tool alternative to netstat) a lot of TIME_WAIT connections to the https endpoint. ...
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Howto WCF Service HTTPS Binding and Endpoint Configuration in IIS with Load Balancer?

We have a WCF service that is being hosted on a set of 12 machines. There is a load balancer that is a gateway to these machines. Now the site is setup as SSL; as in a user accesses it through using ...
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Can IPv6 IPSec replace https/ssl for secure website network encryption?

Take away the 'authentication' part and just talk about the encryption part please! (Authentication is a different problem.) Example: a connection to http://ipv6.google.com can be encrypted via HTTPS ...
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Nginx serves same content for HTTPS requests across various domains

I created a GitLab instance on my server, let's call it git.domain1.tld. When I connect to https://git.domain1.tld it works fine. However, when I connect to https://domain2.tld, it shows the same ...
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nginx HTTPS serving with same config as HTTP

Is there a way to share configuration directives across two nginx server {} blocks? I'd like to avoid duplicating the rules, as my site's HTTPS and HTTP content are served with the exact same config. ...
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Squid configuration for accessing https site requring client certificate using url-rewrite

I've never dealt with setting up a proxy server and that is why a bit puzzled about how to set up a rather complicated config.Help me, please! I've got squid running with login/password ...
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How can I detect if a server is using SNI for HTTPS?

I'm looking for a simple way to know if a server is using the Server Name Indication SSL extension for its HTTPS certificate on a website. A method that uses either a browser or Unix command line is ...
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Permanent Redirect on Apache is not working

I have an Apache 2.4 server on Windows 2008 that has been working great as a reverse proxy. It is serving content from a LifeRay 6.0 installation running on Glassfish 3.0. Originally, when we ...
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Can't use HTTPS with ServerXMLHTTP object

I am supporting a Classic ASP application that connects to a payment gateway via HTTPS. Up until recently there have been no issues. A few days ago this broke without the code, IIS config or anything ...
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Java CertificateException in Domino 9 when trying to access HTTPS URL

When we upgraded our Domino development server from 8.5.3 to 9 the HTTPS connections from Java code to sites having GoDaddy certificate stopped working. Connections to servers having DigiCert ...
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ngnix - required cipher missing

I just started using nginx 1.4.0 to reverse proxy to my application and manage ssl. I am getting this error occasionally 2013/05/04 09:02:16 [crit] 32651#0: *4663 SSL_do_handshake() failed (SSL: ...
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Handshake violation when trying to access one website

I have a TZ 190 Wireless Enhanced with SonicOS Enhanced 4.2.1.0-20e. Yesterday, people could access without any problems a bank website wich uses HTTPS. Today, it is imposible to access only that ...
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Proxy web browsing over HTTPS? [closed]

I am accessing a network where only HTTPS website work, like https://google.com, https://example.com etc.). The HTTP port (80) is blocked. I have an external server; what would be the best way to ...
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Filter HTTPS URLs with non-transparent proxy

I have set up a Squid v.3.1 + Squidguard, the proxy is configured on each browser via a proxy.pac file. Now if an user goes to a blocked site with HTTP (e.g. http://www.facebook.com) the Url filter ...
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How to setup CodeIgniter with nginx allowing for SSL?

My nginx.conf file has: server { listen 80; listen 443; server_name www.mysite.com; #charset koi8-r; #access_log /var/log/nginx/host.access.log main; root ...
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getting https encrypted data passed over http

I'm trying to configure tomcat to work https port 8443. using tomcat 7. I enabled the https connectors with the following parameters: <Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true" ...
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Setting up apache to view https pages

I am trying to set up a site using vmware workstation, ubuntu 11.10, and apache2. The site works fine but now the https pages are not showing up. For example if I try to go to ...
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When do SSL certs require a dedicated IP, and when don't they? [duplicate]

My host has informed me that I need to purchase a dedicated IP from them in order to use a SSL cert I want to buy. I don't believe them. Is there a way to leave them out of the loop and get this done ...
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Mod_rewrite giving 403 forbidden when on https

Hey, I am developing a CMS/Framework for my clients and have just implemented a PHP script that detects if the currently loaded "application" requires HTTPS and redirects to the HTTPS equivalent if ...
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Can't connect to localhost on port 8443 for tomcat https

I've installed tomcat and it is running perfectly fine. However, I can't access it via https layer. Port 8080 works fine: curl -IL http://localhost:8080 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1 ...
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Pfsense: Inbound Load Balancing https with sticky connection

first of all I'm very sorry for my English... This is my scenario: Internet Firewall+LB: pfsense_1(Active) + pfsense_2(Passive) in CARP Pool servers: 3 x nginx(PHP5+HTTP+HTTPS) Pfsense 1 and 2 ...
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Setting HTTPS Proxy in Winbox for MikroTik

I am using MikroTik router model RB750, I need to use HTTPS proxy method for some of my clients. The Proxy Server (VPS) is in another country and i have the IP address and the Port Number and a ...
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nginx : backend https, proxy_pass shows ip

I am using nginx as a reverse proxy listening at port 80 (http). I am using proxy_pass to forward requests to backend http and https servers. Everything works fine for my http server but when I try to ...
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Possible to have different SSLCACertificateFiles under different Location in Apache (client side ssl certs)

I am setting up Apache to do smartcard authentication. The smartcard login is based on client-side SSL certificates handled by an OS driver. I have currently just one smartcard provider, but in the ...
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Can Squid or other open-source proxy server be set up to process HTTPS encrypted traffic? [closed]

I would like to set up a home proxy server which would filter ads and viruses even before they get to the browser. The problem in this case is that many web sites use encrypted HTTPS connections and I ...
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Setting SSL with Debian-based Wordpress Installation

I'm trying to set up HTTPS for Wordpress Authentication without success. Only SSL in wp-admin is sufficient. Here is the conf file for the Virtual host: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName ...
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IIS 7.0: unwanted automatic redirect to HTTPS

Situation: WinServer 2008 R2 with IIS 7.0 Default Web Site with the following bindings: HTTP on port 80 for www.<domain>.com and HTTP on port for <domain>.com, as well as HTTPS on port ...
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Optimal way to configure urls that should enforce HTTPS in Nginx?

is there a way to configure Nginx to read from a line-by-line file to determine when HTTPS should be enforced rather than putting all the URLS in a conditional check? Or is there a way to combine the ...
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Different routes for HTTPS vs HTTP traffic?

I'm currently using Amazon Route53 to manage our DNS and have run into a snag. Our static content is served from AWS S3, however, S3 doesn't support HTTPS with CNAME's. To get around Cross Domain ...
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Cisco route HTTP / HTTPS to proxy server

Given a Cisco router, is it possible to route all HTTP and HTTPS traffic to a proxy server for filtering, and allow the proxy server to send the filtered traffic back?
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Nginx vhost config doesn't work with SSL

I try to get my vhost working with my SSL cert on Nginx. I just get error 102 connection refused when i try to access the site! server { listen 80; root /var/storage/linusodenring.se/www; ...
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HTTPS CNAME setup for CDN

Background I need to host some files on our CDN (edgecast) which will be available over HTTPS. I would usually accomplish this by using the provided CDN url, i.e. https://wav22.233d.edgecast.com/.... ...
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.htaccess redirect just the root of my site to http

What's wrong with these redirect rules? RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.pointfixed.com RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on RewriteRule ^$ http://www.pointfixed.com/ [L,R=301] ...
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Using https just in a specific page - nginx

I am using NGINX as a web server. I would like to use https just in my login page, all other pages should serve http connection. How is possible to redirect the user to https when he types "/login" ...
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Outlook Anywhere not working through proxy with HTTPS inspection

I'm currently working at a customer's site where they use a web proxy with HTTPS inspection: for each HTTPS connection, the proxy acts as a man-in-the-middle by terminating the HTTPS channel, ...
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URL filtering HTTPS traffic

the configuration that I am dealing with is a transparent HTTP proxy: on the firewall all the HTTP traffic (port 80) is redirected to the proxy via iptables; Dansguardian is installed on the proxy, ...
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Squid ssl_bump server_first

I am trying to test the ssl_bump server_first Squid directive, but I did not understand how it works. As far as I understood the ssl_bump directive has three working modes: None: HTTPS traffic is ...
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How to using mod_rewrite under HTTPS

I'm write following configuration in httpd.conf. but, I can't start Apache when I turn on this setting. <VirtualHost *:443> ServerName www.example.com <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> ...

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