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| Change the custom SSL error |
| Some administrators like to change the custom error message that is displayed, for example, when |
| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is required but the user has used http in the Web address instead of |
| https. Here's an easy change that automatically redirects the user to a secure site, instead of |
| displaying the "SSL required" error message. |
| First, create an .asp file (such as ssl.asp) and add the following code: |
| Data = request.servervariables("QUERY_STRING") |
| URL = replace(Data, "403;", "") |
| URL = replace(URL, "http://", "https://") |
| response.Status = "200 OK" |
| Then, follow these steps: |
| Open the Internet Information Manager console, right-click the site, and select Properties. |
| Select HTTP Error 403.4 from the Custom Errors tab, and click Edit Properties. |
| Select URL as the message type, and then type the URL to the .asp file you created. (It's easiest to |
| put this file on your root.) |
| Click OK to close the dialog box. |
| This method might not work for all Web sites--depending on the components you use on them--but |
| it's a start. You may prefer to manually change the custom error so that it provides users with a |
| more meaningful error message, rather than automatically redirecting your user. |
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