LDAP is interesting, but not that easy to set up, at least not the server part. I made different approaches to install OpenLDAP without success, the problem was always the schemas and initial data load. With Red Hat Directory Server and its open source pendant CentOS Directory Server I was able to successfully install and maintain a LDAP directory. Red Hat Directory Server is the successor of the Netscape Directory Server which has been purchased by Red Hat some time ….Read More
302 Redirects behind SSL-terminating proxies
You have a web site all with SSL. There is a reverse proxy or load balancer that acts as SSL termination point. Behind that reverse proxy you have an Apache web server running plain http.
Your application uses 302 redirects to announce new URLs or whatever the reason is for doing so. Since the web server does not know that https URLs should be announced the response header looks like following:
Location
http://www.example.com/your-fancy-url
The browser interprets that location header and send a request to this non-SSL URL instead of https:///www.example.com/your-fancy-url
Starting with my own blog
Since a long time I wanted to start with my own blog. Why? Actually I’m not sure… I’m working in the IT industry facing strange problems in my job as a Linux system engineer. The most difficult problems are not documented anywhere, I’ll start to post solutions for such usually non-googable problems. From time to time I’ll also going to write about the society and current stuff in the world. Have fun, feedback welcome