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Millard

2006-11-06, 7:19 am

Hi all,

We currently have a openssl and apache installation with various secure
and non secure sites up and running using a single wild card
certificate. We need to forward on one https url directly onto our IIS
server without openssl providing the certificate (as there is one on
the iss server).

What is the easiest way of doing this as it seems quite a simple
request????

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Craig

Jim Hayter

2006-11-06, 1:18 pm

Millard wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We currently have a openssl and apache installation with various secure
> and non secure sites up and running using a single wild card
> certificate. We need to forward on one https url directly onto our IIS
> server without openssl providing the certificate (as there is one on
> the iss server).
>
> What is the easiest way of doing this as it seems quite a simple
> request????
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>

I believe you have to bypass Apache to do this. If the HTTPS connection
goes through Apache, Apache will have to use a certificate to set up the
connection. Remember that in HTTPS, the connection is negotiated using
the certificate before ANY info about the URL is passed. That's why
multiple certificates can not be used for a single ip/port combo.

Wouldn't it be simpler to put the certificate on the Apache server and
proxy the site to the IIS server?

Jim
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