[ic] RE: (ic) Admin over SSL

[Stefan Hornburg]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:49:48 -0500
Hans <hanshans@softhome.net> wrote:

> Hans said:
> 
>  >Greetings - I'm trying to get the Admin UI to work over SSL. I set up
> 
> the
> 
>  >secure server address, etc., and have added
>  >
>  >admin
>  >
>  >to the AlwaysSecure in the catalog.cfg.
>  >
>  >This fails to route to the secure server. However, when I add
>  >
>  >admin/entry
>  >
>  >to the AlwaysSecure, it successfully loads from the secure server to
>  >allow me to enter the CC numbers.
>  >
>  >What I'm trying to do is have the entire Admin session over SSL, but it
> 
> 
>  >doesn't seem to work by just adding
>  >
>  >admin
>  >
>  >.....  Would someone be so kind as to shed light ??
>  >
>  >Many thanks ---
> 
> 
> 'admin' would not match everything. However, there is a handy variable
> UI_SECURE (found from the admin pages under Administration...Preferences
> ...Admin control). If this is set to 1, then all of your admin pages
> will be
> secure.
> 
> John.
> 
> ---------
> 
> Thanks for the tip John. I set the variable to 1, applied changes, 
> logged out, and then logged back in from 
> http://me.com/~me/cart.cgi/admin/login.html and also from my shared 
> secure server https://me.com/~me/cart.cgi/admin/login.html but under 
> both instances, I am dropped into the Admin section UNSECURED, i.e., no 
> ssl working under the admin.

UI_SECURE doesn't automagically select a secure server, but uses
the value of the configuration directive SecureURL instead of VendURL.

Bye
        Racke