[web2py] Re: How to get web2py to use https for logins and registration

2011-06-02 Thread Carlos
thanks pbreit !

[web2py] Re: How to get web2py to use https for logins and registration

2011-06-02 Thread pbreit
server { server_name _; location / { uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9001; include uwsgi_params; uwsgi_param UWSGI_SCHEME $scheme; } location /user { rewrite ^ https://$http_host$request_uri? permanent; }

[web2py] Re: How to get web2py to use https for logins and registration

2011-06-02 Thread Carlos
Hi pbreit, Thanks for your input. Is it possible that you share your Nginx config with respect to https for /user and /admin?. Does it do an automatic redirect if coming from regular http, or should I manually redirect from within web2py?. Carlos

[web2py] Re: How to get web2py to use https for logins and registration

2011-06-02 Thread pbreit
I ended up configuring this in Nginx so that /user and /admin are all https and everything else is http. It's probably not totally necessary but some users like it. Cookies are attached to a domain or sub-domain and seem to work OK. GoDaddy has cheap certs for new cert buyers (<$15). If you use

[web2py] Re: How to get web2py to use https for logins and registration

2011-06-02 Thread Carlos
Hi, Questions when in production mode ... Should I be using https (ssl) for all auth_user actions that transmit sensitive data (password), e.g. login and register?. Note that I will be using regular http (no ssl) in all other cases across my apps. Does web2py provide specific tools to accompl

[web2py] Re: How to get web2py to use https for logins and registration

2010-07-28 Thread mdipierro
You must configure apache to do it but I have a security objection. If you go on the clear (http) for all the other pages you are passing the session cookie in the clear. If an attacker has the session cookie, he can access the change_password page via https. This is not a web2py specific issue.