kitchenniche Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Hi there, a customer wrote me that i haven't got a secure site... I saw on the admin site "you are not protected by a secure SSL Connection... can somebody explain me what a SSL connection is and how can i make one? thanks a lot HIM - Dark Light - Out on 26/09/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxtel Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Hi there, a customer wrote me that i haven't got a secure site... I saw on the admin site "you are not protected by a secure SSL Connection... can somebody explain me what a SSL connection is and how can i make one? thanks a lot <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am sure your customer is looking at the front-end, not your admin side. SSL is a Secure Socket Layer which basically means that all data going to and from the site using SSL is encrypted. In that way it is more secure. Your host can tell you all about how to obtain an SSL facility for your site. OSC is ready for it so after you have done all the required stuff server-side, you can edit both configure.php files to enable SSL within OSC. Treasurer MFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I am sure your customer is looking at the front-end, not your admin side. SSL is a Secure Socket Layer which basically means that all data going to and from the site using SSL is encrypted. In that way it is more secure. Your host can tell you all about how to obtain an SSL facility for your site. OSC is ready for it so after you have done all the required stuff server-side, you can edit both configure.php files to enable SSL within OSC. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok I have a question for you. I set up my SSL it works great everything is secure....Stuff like that, But when i loge into my admin it still says my site is not SSL protected. So I have to change all my admin indexes to https for it to change or is that just fine and my site does not really need that? I have the admin page password protected but if there was a better way for me to secure the admin section that would be great. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Also, is it possible to change the admin folder to a different name so that people can't just go to my site/admin to see my information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRat Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Also, is it possible to change the admin folder to a different name so that people can't just go to my site/admin to see my information. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> good practice would be to move the admin folder outside the default store location and rename it. you will have to edit your configuration files to point to the new path and name. then after you move and rename it, password protect it too. in the admin configure file is a place to set the https for admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxtel Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Ok I have a question for you. I set up my SSL it works great everything is secure....Stuff like that, But when i loge into my admin it still says my site is not SSL protected. So I have to change all my admin indexes to https for it to change or is that just fine and my site does not really need that? I have the admin page password protected but if there was a better way for me to secure the admin section that would be great. Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> all you have to do is change the first line in configure.php of admin from http://... to https://... Treasurer MFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikR Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 You should also be able to password protect your Admin directory. I did this using a feature on my host's cPanel. I see no advantage to using SSL on admin. It will slow it down, and adds no protection except for possible intercept of your data between you PC and your host. It does not lock people out of your admin, but password protecting it will. Rik Rasmussen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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