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JasonB_40800
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Mar 14, 2009

HTTPS domain to HTTPS subdomain

Hello,   I'm trying to write an i-rule so "www" will be inserted anytime someone uses https://mydomain.com with no luck. I imagine it has something to do with the SSL, but I do have the wildcard...
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Chris_56952
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Mar 15, 2009
Do you have hard-coded links somewhere pointing to https://mydomain.com/? Most end-users won't think to enter https in the protocol field in their browser so you might get by using a simpler http://mydomain.com/ to https://www.mydomain.com/ rule.

 

 

If they are though or if you have links to https://mydomain.com/ that you can't change, then I think you'll need an inexpensive ssl cert for your mydomain.com VIP in order to do this kind of redirection.