Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

Sean

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Re: redirect automatically to 443 for web connections
By: Sean Rima to All on Thu Feb 06 2025 06:23 pm

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

The Synchronet web server does support HSTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security
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Rob Swindell wrote to Sean Rima <=-

Re: redirect automatically to 443 for web connections
By: Sean Rima to All on Thu Feb 06 2025 06:23 pm

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

The Synchronet web server does support HSTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

Bit of an over kill to insta;; sybchronet to redirect to the https :)

Sean


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Re: Re: redirect automatically to 443 for web connections
By: Sean Rima to Rob Swindell on Thu Feb 06 2025 09:11 pm

Rob Swindell wrote to Sean Rima <=-

Re: redirect automatically to 443 for web connections
By: Sean Rima to All on Thu Feb 06 2025 06:23 pm

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

The Synchronet web server does support HSTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

Bit of an over kill to insta;; sybchronet to redirect to the https :)

There's also the Rewrite* key in webctrl.ini that can be used to rewrite requests:
https://wiki.synchro.net/server:web?#webctrlini
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RIP = Remote Imaging Protocol (e.g. RIPscrip)
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Rob Swindell wrote to Sean Rima <=-

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

The Synchronet web server does support HSTS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

Bit of an over kill to insta;; sybchronet to redirect to the https :)

There's also the Rewrite* key in webctrl.ini that can be used to rewrite requests:
https://wiki.synchro.net/server:web?#webctrlini

Not really any interest in Synchronet.

Sean


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Re: Re: redirect automatically to 443 for web connections
By: Sean Rima to Rob Swindell on Fri Feb 07 2025 10:05 am

Rob Swindell wrote to Sean Rima <=-

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

The Synchronet web server does support HSTS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

Bit of an over kill to insta;; sybchronet to redirect to the https :)

There's also the Rewrite* key in webctrl.ini that can be used to rewrite requests:
https://wiki.synchro.net/server:web?#webctrlini

Not really any interest in Synchronet.

Ah, sorry, I misread the original request (saw "sbbs" instead of "bbbs"). Carry on...
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Sling Blade quote #3:
Karl (re: killing Doyle): That second one just plum near cut his head in two. Norco, CA WX: 60.0øF, 92.0% humidity, 10 mph W wind, 0.13 inches rain/24hrs
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux
* Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

Rob Swindell wrote to Sean Rima <=-

There's also the Rewrite* key in webctrl.ini that can be used to
rewrite requests:
https://wiki.synchro.net/server:web?#webctrlini

Not really any interest in Synchronet.

Ah, sorry, I misread the original request (saw "sbbs" instead of
"bbbs"). Carry on...

No probs

Sean


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Reply-To: kishpa@beholderbbs.org
To: bbbs-english-list@bbbs.net
From: Enric Lleal Serra <kishpa@beholderbbs.org>

Hi Sean,

El 6/2/25 a les 17:23, bbbs-english-list@bbbs.net ha escrit:

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

Afaik, using some reverse proxy (apache, nginx, etc) or some third party proxy like Cloudflare, etc.

I'm running 'bbbs' behind an Apache reverse proxy without issues...


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Reply-To: kishpa@beholderbbs.org
To: bbbs-english-list@bbbs.net
From: Enric Lleal Serra <kishpa@beholderbbs.org>
Hi Sean,
El 6/2/25 a les 17:23, bbbs-english-list@bbbs.net ha escrit:

Is there a way to force inbound http to https for bbbs

Afaik, using some reverse proxy (apache, nginx, etc) or some third party proxy like Cloudflare, etc.
I'm running 'bbbs' behind an Apache reverse proxy without issues...

I blocked port 80 in my firewall in the end. I will make a reverse proxy anyway Sean

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