Ssl

[FuZion]

Hello,

I'd like to make a website that is tottally encrypted, every page would use SSL. My webserver supports SSL and will generate the certificates and keys. I do not understand what to do this these though. Can someone point me to a good tutorial where I can find this info out?

For instance, I know the SSL webpages use https:// but what if the user just types in www.? There must be some scripting on the page itself to tell the server that it is encrypted. Where can I find all of this info out?

Thanks alot,

FuZion

[oracleguy]

Well, what you can do is if they just type in www. without the https, it is going to default to http. In that case, you can just put a simple page on that site that redirects it to the https version.

Once you have your SSL certificate, you need to install it on your webserver. And the HTTPS site will run on a different port (443 to be exact) instead of the standard port (80). The process for setting it up depends on your webserver, e.g. IIS or Apache. Is this your server or is being hosted by someone?

[FuZion]

It's being hosted by someone. It has Cpanel X with SSL on it so I'm assuming it's already installed.

So really I could have a page that's index.php and when people to go www.url.com it would redirect them to https://www.whatever.com? Now what if I want my whole website to be like that? Will I have to include the https:// with each link, or will it automatially carry over?

FuZion