Re: [webmin-l] Re: problem with http tunnel module {Scanned}

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

I just checked my code again, and found that there is a bug in the
tunnel module - it basically ignores the https:// , and always uses a
non-SSL connection!

I'll fix this in a future release ..

 - Jamie

On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 20:13, Matt Lowe wrote:
> Jamie,
> Yes the site im trying to tunnel to IS https, from behind my firewall i access the site using https://192.168.0.253:81 (the same machine as webmin is running on), but i dont want to open up more ports through the firewall from outside than necisarry :(
> 
> I also tried tunneling to http://localhost:81 thinking posible that 2 https requests canceled each other out, but got the same error back.
> 
> Even if i try tunneling to usermin by using https://localhost:20000 i get asked for username/password because webmin says the site requires authentication, and then get :
> 
> 
> 
>   Error - Bad Request
> 
> This web server is running in SSL mode. Try the URL 
> https://localhost.localdomain:20000/
> <https://192.168.1.254:10000/tunnel/link.cgi/https://localhost.localdomain:20000/> 
> instead.
> 
> the url in the address bar, when i get this error is : https://192.168.1.254:10000/tunnel/link.cgi/https://localhost:20000
> 
> this is the same result on several differant installs in differant networks.
> 
> I also tried tunneling to : https://192.168.1.254:20000 (incase of posible problems using localhost in the address) and got the same result :(
> 
> can anyone else dublicate this? (easiest way to try is to connect to usermin on https://localhost:20000)
> 
> Thanks again for any help or pointers
> 
> (P.S. this has been tried on several machines hence the changes in ip between 192.168.0.253 and 192.168.1.254!!!)
> 
> Matt Lowe
> webmin <at> marlowesoft.co.uk
> 
> 
> Subject: Re: [webmin-l] problem with http tunnel module {Scanned}
> From: Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...>
> To: web...@li...
> Organization: 
> Date: 15 Jul 2005 09:44:01 +1000
> Reply-To: web...@li...
> 
> On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 08:32, Matt Lowe wrote:
> 
> >> Hi,
> >> Can anyone tell me where im going wrong with this (or even if what im 
> >> tring to do is posible!!)
> >> 
> >> Im using webmin 1.210, and am tring to create a tunnel to another 
> >> webserver running on that machine
> >> e.g. access webmin on https://server.com:10000 goto others/HTTP tunnel 
> >> and asking it to connect to https://localhost:81 (thats localhost as in 
> >> server.com) what i get back is the following :
> >> 
> >> 
> >>   Bad Request
> >> 
> >> Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
> >> 
> >> Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.
> >> Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.
> >> 
> >>     Hint: *https://localhost:81/*
> >>     <https://192.168.0.253:10000/tunnel/link.cgi/https://localhost:81/>
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> from what i understood of the http tunnel module what should have 
> >> happened is, i should have got the webpage https://localhost:81 placed 
> >> within my webmin page as if i had been sitting at the server and run w3m 
> >> https://lcoalhost:81
> >> 
> >> anyone tell me if this is a bug, or if what im trying to do is wrong for 
> >> this module?
> >  
> >
> 
> Are you sure you should be using https:// in that URL? Unless the
> webserver on port 81 is using SSL mode, you should use http:// in the
> tunnel destination URL.
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
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