How to do IIS SSL server redirects correctly? Is meta refresh needed?

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Published on 2009-10-23T15:31:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 21:03 UTC
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Hi all!

I think our backend programmer/server admin is handling our SSL redirects pretty wonky - see it in action here: www.mchenry.edu/parentorientation

  1. First off, see how it redirects to index2.asp? Is this necessary? Can't she easily redirect to the original index.asp but have it be https:// instead?

  2. Also, she is using a meta refresh on the original index.asp page to redirect to index2.asp as well, and she says this is for backup, in case the server configs change and the server can't handle the redirect so then the webpage would take over.

  3. Finally, she said she tried using the server redirect solely but that it kept looping on itself- what did she do wrong? Is this even possible?

Is she giving us a snow job or what? I want a better understanding of what is happening here so I can talk to my boss about it, because this is driving me up the wall. Thanks for any info you can provide.

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