genric http to https question

Hey Jennifer, thanks for posting!

 

 

One small but important correction:

 

That code actually only changes the protocol scheme.

 

If a non-standard (<>80) port is used, the value in the Host header will contain the port, which will in turn be included in the return value for HTTP::host.

 

 

In that case, simply using [HTTP::host] will result in a redirect response to the same non-standard port over HTTPS (which in most cases will fail). Which just means that if you're redirecting traffic rec'd on another port, you will need to use the [getfield [HTTP::host] ":" 1] trick that's in the 301/302 codeshare redirect samples:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/HTTPToHTTPSRedirect_301.html

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/HTTPToHTTPSRedirect_302.html

 

 

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