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glunix

2004-04-07, 2:33 pm

I have some difficulties restricting applications to ssl/https.

We have a dedicated apache on a linux-box, which connects to an
appserver to serve dynamic content. (Nearly) everything works. The
webserver is an apache 1.3.xx out of the box (debian woody) using
mod_ssl. The appservers are running on Linux SLES and/or Solaris.

Although only Port :80 is configured in the appserver and the plugin, it
works as well when contacting the webserver on :443/https.

But now I have to restrict access to some application to https and I'am
unable to do so. When I change the ports in the plugin-cfg.xml to :443,
my request are ignored by the plugin -> 404

When I trace the plugin, the log shows that every request is tagged with
port :80, even if it is served from :443 by the webserver.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!



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Aaron W Morris

2004-04-07, 3:33 pm



glunix wrote:

> I have some difficulties restricting applications to ssl/https.
>
> We have a dedicated apache on a linux-box, which connects to an
> appserver to serve dynamic content. (Nearly) everything works. The
> webserver is an apache 1.3.xx out of the box (debian woody) using
> mod_ssl. The appservers are running on Linux SLES and/or Solaris.
>
> Although only Port :80 is configured in the appserver and the plugin, it
> works as well when contacting the webserver on :443/https.
>
> But now I have to restrict access to some application to https and I'am
> unable to do so. When I change the ports in the plugin-cfg.xml to :443,
> my request are ignored by the plugin -> 404
>
> When I trace the plugin, the log shows that every request is tagged with
> port :80, even if it is served from :443 by the webserver.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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You need to add :443 to the WebSphere virtual host on the app servers.
Otherwise, the app server will not respond to the requests. A restart
of the app server will be required, of course.

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glunix

2004-04-08, 2:33 am

Yes, that is what is written in the docs.

But the Applicationserver responds to all Request, http & https - but
only http is configured in the appserver and the plugin!

Every Request either http or https is treated as http:80 according to
the plugin-trace and the results in the browser of course. THIS make it
impossible to restrict access for some applications.



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