[nycbug-talk] OT: Apache/mod_rewrite question

[Dan Langille]

On 28 Jan 2007 at 23:09, Kevin Reiter wrote:

> Kevin Reiter wrote:
> > Jonathan Stewart wrote:
> >> Kevin Reiter wrote:
> >>> All,
> >>>
> >>> I've been trying to figure this out for a few hours now, and I can't 
> >>> quite get it working, and I *know* someone in here knows how to do 
> >>> this...
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to force all traffic to an Apache server (on my laptop) to 
> >>> use SSL.  The laptop is on a dynamic IP with no static domain, so I 
> >>> can't force http://machine.domain.tld to https://machine.domain.tld, 
> >>> and since the IP changes depending on where I am, I can't use that 
> >>> for a rewrite, either.
> >>>
> >>> Do any of you Apache gurus know of a way to do this using an 
> >>> .htaccess file or via a simple edit to httpd.conf?  I've been 
> >>> checking Google for awhile, but everything I've come across doesn't 
> >>> quite do the trick.
> >>
> >> Not exactly what your asking about but have you considered using a 
> >> dynamic DNS service?  I use No-IP () and have been very happy with 
> >> them.  They even manually setup IPv6 records for me even though they 
> >> are not technically supported.  Although I am paying for a domain name 
> >> and dns they provide free sub-domains as well.  If thats not an option 
> >> I'll see what I can do about a rewrite rule for you.
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> > 
> > This is for a traveling laptop that I use both at home and at client 
> > sites, and as a test machine at my new job, so I don't always have the 
> > same IP, which is how I typically access the server.
> > 
> > I should've mentioned that I know about zero when it comes to writing 
> > rewrite rules (this would be a first).
> > 
> > In this case, a dynamic DNS service would do nothing for me (I've had a 
> > paid account with FreeDNS[1] for years now.)
> > 
> > Basically, I'm looking to force the use of SSL on my webserver 
> > (apache+mod_ssl-1.3.37+2.8.28) when the IP and domain are always changing.
> > 
> > I recall seeing something about {SERVER_ADDR} as a variable, which would 
> > be exactly what I'm looking for, but I don't have a clue outside of that 
> > what to write in the .htaccess file.
> > 
> 
> Helps when I include the link..
> 
> [1] http://freedns.afraid.org/

Does this help?  This is how I redirect http://papers.bsdcan.org to 
https://papers.bsdcan.org


<VirtualHost 216.168.29.7>
    ServerAdmin dan at langille.org
    ServerName  papers.bsdcan.org

    Redirect    permanent / https://papers.bsdcan.org/
</VirtualHost>

I use similar methods to redirect http://freshports.org to 
http://www.freshports.org/

hth

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