HTTP to HTTPS Auto-Redirect on Serv-U Gateway (and Serv-U)

**Setup an HTTP listener on the regular port 80, then setup a limit for the Domain | Limits & Settings | Connection | Require secure connection before login --> true. When a user connects via regular HTTP, they will be redirected to the corresponding HTTPS listener by default.**

I don't want to expose logons over the Internet so I have only activated the HTTPS listener for the gateway. What I would really like is to turn on an auto-redirect so that users on mobile devices don't have to try typing the "https://", and instead they could just type the short hand dns name (e.g. servu.company.com) and end up connecting automagically to https://servu.company.com.

This would also be nice to have on the internal Serv-U FTP server as well, but particularly important for the Internet facing gateway.

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dougpapenthien

Setup an HTTP listener on the regular port 80, then setup a limit for the Domain | Limits & Settings | Connection | Require secure connection before login --> true. When a user connects via regular HTTP, they will be redirected to the corresponding HTTPS listener by default.

guidelagui

Yes but this cause problem for ftp connection as he request ftps also.

ChristianGfK

Yes, but why are you worried about exposing the login page over unencrypted HTTP, but at the same time consider unencrypted FTP unproblematic?
Disabling unencrypted FTP is a Good Thing. Yes, FTPS de-facto limits you to Passive Mode and requires you to define a specific PASV port range so that you can drill some holes into your firewall.