can I use .htaccess to force users to use SSL to connect t..

I do not have an SSL cert on my shared hosting account. Does this directive
assume I do?

Instead I am using a shared ssl from my hosting company, like:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="https://ssl.hostingcompany.com/ssl.my_domain.com/ghj/index.htm" target="_blank">https://ssl.hostingcompany.com/ssl.my_domain.com/ghj/index.htm</a>

which is like a virtual directory on the hosting company's server.

Thanks

"Richard Antony Burton" <richardaburton-NOSPAM-.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in
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 > "NotGiven" <noname.RemoveThis@nonegiven.net> wrote in message
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  > > I have a directory I need to make surre no one can acess the pages
unless
  > > they are using SSL. Using PHP code to do it cumbersome. Is there a way
 > to
  > > force it using .htaccess or some other confirguraiton in apache?
 >
 > Try the SSLRequireSSL directive.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslrequiressl</font" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslrequiressl</font</a>>
 >
 > Richard.
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"NotGiven" <noname.TakeThisOut@nonegiven.net> wrote in message
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 > I do not have an SSL cert on my shared hosting account. Does this
directive
 > assume I do?

This directive tell Apache not to serve it unless it is over HTTPS, it
doesn't matter what certificate you are using, as long as Apache reads this
config and honors it, then this directory will never be served over plain
HTTP.

If you do this in httpd.conf (which I'm assuming you aren't) you should be
sure to use it in a directory block, not a location block, since in your
configuration the page can be accessed from at least two different
locations.

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Many many thanks.


"Richard Antony Burton" <richardaburton-NOSPAM-.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in
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 > "NotGiven" <noname.RemoveThis@nonegiven.net> wrote in message
 > news:8Hnwb.37401$ow5.17586@bignews2.bellsouth.net...
  > > I do not have an SSL cert on my shared hosting account. Does this
 > directive
  > > assume I do?
 >
 > This directive tell Apache not to serve it unless it is over HTTPS, it
 > doesn't matter what certificate you are using, as long as Apache reads
this
 > config and honors it, then this directory will never be served over plain
 > HTTP.
 >
 > If you do this in httpd.conf (which I'm assuming you aren't) you should be
 > sure to use it in a directory block, not a location block, since in your
 > configuration the page can be accessed from at least two different
 > locations.
 >
 > Richard.
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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