[nycbug-talk] OT: Apache/mod_rewrite question

[Dan Langille]

On 30 Jan 2007 at 9:14, Kevin Reiter wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nycbug.org]On Behalf Of Dan Langille
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:34 AM
> To: Kevin Reiter
> Cc: talk at lists.nycbug.org
> Subject: Re: [nycbug-talk] OT: Apache/mod_rewrite question
> 
> 
> On 30 Jan 2007 at 1:02, Kevin Reiter wrote:
> 
> > Dan Langille wrote:
> > > 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
> > > 
> > 
> > It would if I had a static IP, but since it changes multiple times a
> > day, I don't think it'll fly for the laptop.  It will, however, be
> > perfect for a few other machines I just setup at work - thanks, Dan!
> 
> Details... always with the details.
> 
> Use a dynamic dns service so that hostnames are updated when the IP
> address changes.  I use no-ip.com
> 
> (I hate Outlook..)
> 
> As I stated before, I can't use a DNS service because I'm connected to
> client networks with an INSIDE IP, and it wouldn't do any good on a
> LAN to have such a service in use for this particular instance.
> 
> Thanks for the tip, though.  I'll be doing that here at work in a few
> minutes on my other servers.

So... who will be accessing this website?  I think I asked this 
before.  Just you?  Others?

If just you, just localhost, 127.0.0.1.

Of others, you're back to the DNS problem again...

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