RE: SSL and WebCatalog

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1997

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texte = Tim ->We run two independent Mac servers. WebStar 2.1 and WebStarSSL 2.1>installed respectively. On the WebStar server we have WebCatalog 2>installed.>We run Clearlyhome for multihoming on the WebStar server which hosts for>several clients.>This multihoming structure works fine, but it precludes us placing the SSL>copy of WebStar in the same directory as the non SSL copy of WebStar.>Our two URL are therefore www.webhost.com.au and secure.webhost.com.au.>This coupled with the fact we need the power of the second machine for>serving up other secure information means that we need to find a way to>bounce the Secure component of the WebCatalog function to the SSL machine>and then once complete return the user to the normal machine.>Is this possible ? Can anyone suggest how to do this ?Hmm.. personally, I'd think it would be easier to run WebSTAR and WebSTAR/SSL on the same computer - if you don't install ClearlyHome in WebSTAR/SSL and you just set up the DNS to point secure.webhost.com.au to that computer, you should be fine (you can put aliases of the WebCatalog folder or your WebCatalog store folders wherever needed so that you can still see the same files from either the secure or non-secure servers).However, you could try sharing folders and using aliases across the two separate computers - if your database won't be constantly changing, WebSTAR/SSL should be able to see the newly created cart files through a folder alias. Just be careful that you aren't allowing normal WebSTAR and WebSTAR/SSL to overwrite cart information placed there by the other server. If you need more details on how you might set this up, let me know.I hope this helps,Marc EagleStarNine Technologieshttp://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

RE: SSL and WebCatalog (Marc Eagle 1997)

Tim ->We run two independent Mac servers. WebStar 2.1 and WebStarSSL 2.1>installed respectively. On the WebStar server we have WebCatalog 2>installed.>We run Clearlyhome for multihoming on the WebStar server which hosts for>several clients.>This multihoming structure works fine, but it precludes us placing the SSL>copy of WebStar in the same directory as the non SSL copy of WebStar.>Our two URL are therefore www.webhost.com.au and secure.webhost.com.au.>This coupled with the fact we need the power of the second machine for>serving up other secure information means that we need to find a way to>bounce the Secure component of the WebCatalog function to the SSL machine>and then once complete return the user to the normal machine.>Is this possible ? Can anyone suggest how to do this ?Hmm.. personally, I'd think it would be easier to run WebSTAR and WebSTAR/SSL on the same computer - if you don't install ClearlyHome in WebSTAR/SSL and you just set up the DNS to point secure.webhost.com.au to that computer, you should be fine (you can put aliases of the WebCatalog folder or your WebCatalog store folders wherever needed so that you can still see the same files from either the secure or non-secure servers).However, you could try sharing folders and using aliases across the two separate computers - if your database won't be constantly changing, WebSTAR/SSL should be able to see the newly created cart files through a folder alias. Just be careful that you aren't allowing normal WebSTAR and WebSTAR/SSL to overwrite cart information placed there by the other server. If you need more details on how you might set this up, let me know.I hope this helps,Marc EagleStarNine Technologieshttp://www.smithmicro.com/ Marc Eagle

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RE: SSL and WebCatalog

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