SSL and HTTP Basic Authentication
In general, when I want to force the browser to access certain part of my website via https if the request is made with http, I would put a .htaccess inside that web directory.
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RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} |
But when I want to protect the directory with HTTP Basic Auth, it creates double authentication. I’ll expand this section after I captures the headers.
As a quick workaround, I use this hack in .htaccess
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SSLOptions +StrictRequire SSLRequireSSL AuthUserFile /home/minn/.htpasswd AuthType Basic AuthName "Private Section" Require valid-user ErrorDocument 403 https://www.minnmyatsoe.com/private/ |
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