[cups.bugs] Re: cups administration how to log on?

[Michael Sweet]

Johannes Meixner wrote:
> ...
> Specify a CUPS-specific SSLPort in cupsd.conf (to avoid
> a possible conflict with a web-server's HTTPS port 443)
> and change the HTTP templates in CUPS so that the administration
> links point to the right "https" URLs.

The good news is that CUPS 1.2 supports both HTTPS (SSL) and HTTP
(non-SSL) over the same port, so you can use:

     https://localhost:631

to access the web interface with encryption.  I still have to add
the location redirector for non-CUPS clients (instead of returning
426 Upgrade Required), but the idea is that SSLPort/Listen will no
longer be necessary in CUPS 1.2... :)

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