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| Revised | : | January 5, 2006 (mc) |
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HOWTO: Implementing SSL with ILLiad
January 5, 2006
SUMMARY
If you are interested in utilizing SSL encryption, we would suggest that you test all of your links and web pages before you make the change. We have outlined some common "issues" you may encounter below.
Once the certificate is installed, to utilize the SSL web pages, you simply have to change your links to the ILLiad web server to be https: For Example: https://Servername/illiad/logon.html.
You will need to do this for every link that you have pointed to the ILLiad server, i.e. on your library home page, ILL homepage, or other sites. This will mean that all data sent between your users and the web server will be encrypted.
You do not have to move your web pages or make any changes to them. See "Issues You May Encounter" below for any exceptions to this.
ISSUES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER
- If you have used the IP based address (https://123.123.123.123/illiad/logon.html) to link customers to the ILLiad web pages, as opposed to the DNS based address (https://Servername/illiad/logon.html), your customers will get a pop up message that says the name on the certificate does not match the name on the web page. Use the DNS based address to avoid this.
- Be careful of internal links on the web pages. If you have imbedded links that are http:// they will move the user from the secure pages back to the non-secure pages. Make sure all links are https:// (or are "relative" - see below) if you want to use the secure pages.
- Try and make all imbedded links "relative". This means that, once you have made a link to the web pages on the ILLiad server, you do not need to redo the https://123.123.123.123/(variable) on that page, you can simply make the link using the /(variable). This will insure the users are kept on the secure site. If you are making a link to a server other than the ILLiad server, for example a link back to your library web page, you will have to use the full http:// address. Your user may see a dialog box reminding them that they are leaving a secure site (if the site you are
linking to is not secure). - If your icons or logos are on an external server, your users may get the pop up that tells them the page containing secure and non-secure information. Move your icons and logos to the ILLiad web machine to avoid this issue
