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Apache SSL Redirect

Sometimes it's nice to be able to automatically redirect pages or directories over to the SSL sencrypted page for things like logins and credit card information. With Apache it's a very easy process with mod_rewrite. Here is example code for redirecting an HTTP website to an SSL website using Apache's mod_rewrite...

Add everything in between the quotes to an .htaccess file in the directory to protect on your Apache server. This works on Apache for UNIX and Apache for Windows.

"
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
"