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4/10/2012 9:09 PM

Michael Summers

Joined: 7/19/2008

Posts: 8

SSL Login Issue

I installed a SSL cert from a well know SSL cert issuer. The Cert is working great in the DNN 06.01.05 (142) Community Edition.Super easy to use. The issue is. When you log in you sending the password and the users name in clear text over the internet. I tried to make login.aspx to use the SSL cert. Because in the Admin Section and the page icon login.aspx is not listed in the page list. So you can't edit that page properties.When you trying to go to login.aspx directly using https:// the protocall promply turns back to http://. So why in earth buy a SSL Cert for a DNN CMS. All they have to do is snag the usersname and password and they will have full access to that account

4/11/2012 2:19 PM

Mark Eckeard

Joined: 1/19/2004

Posts: 924

Re: SSL Login Issue

First, you will need to configure the SSL setting for your DNN pages:

1. Login to DNN with your host ID and password.
2. Go under Admin > Site Settings
3. Go under Advanced Settings > SSL Settings
4. Check off the SSL Enabled option (If you do not do this when you secure a page it will not work).
5. If you only want a page to be available via HTTPS, check off the SSL Enforced option.
6. Type in the Shared SSL URL in the SSL URL field (e.g., https://wwwXX.webcontrolcenter.com/domain ).
7. Type in the normal URL for your site in the Standard URL field ( e.g., http://www.domain.com ).
8. Click on Update to save the changes.

This will configure the SSL settings for your DNN pages. Next we will need to make sure the pages you want to have use the Shared SSL are set up.

1. Go under Admin > Page Settings
2. Select the page you want to secure and click on Edit Selected Page or if it's a new page click on Add New Page.
3. Go under Advanced Settings > Other Settings
4. Check off the option for Secure.
5. Click update to save the changes.

4/11/2012 9:59 PM

Michael Summers

Joined: 7/19/2008

Posts: 8

Re: SSL Login Issue

In the older version I had a Super User and a Host ID but in this newer version the install program never asked me to set up a host ID.So how do you set up a host I.D.?

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