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Do you recognize the four ways to tell if you are connected to a website via SSL?
Earlier, we discussed how relying on SSL Certificate sites seals is not the proper way to confirm if you are connected to a website via SSL. In this tutorial we will outline the proper way.
Any time you are sending personal data or financial information look for the following:
1. Prefix in address bar will be https NOT http. This is not case sensitive.
2. You must have a lock in the status bar located at the bottom of your browser. NEVER as a image on the website itself.
How to redirect Drupal or Ubercart to a SSL connection with htaccess.
This tutorial outlines a quick and easy way of securing Ubercart by redirecting the cart and other directories to the SSL version.
Add the text below to the .htaccess file in your Drupal root directory AFTER any Drupal redirects you are already using. You will need to modify the RewriteRule lines below if your URLs do not match the ones I use in this example.
# Start code copy RunSSL.com Ubercart .htaccess redirect to SSL.
#
# Technique below is preferred over RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
# because it does not require mod_ssl to be loaded
