Using Apache’s Rewrite Engine to Redirect to HTTPS Site
So you’ve installed on your Apache web server PHPMyAdmin, Bugzilla, WordPress, or any other sites that prompt the user for authentication info. One thing about asking for authentication info on websites is that you have to be very careful about how the username and password are transmitted between the browser and the server. Without HTTPS, they WILL be transmitted in clear text, open to all prying eyes along the way. After enabling MOD_REWRITE, I added the following to the configuration…