.htaccess SSL on certain pages

Question

Basically I'm using drupal and can current redirect to an SSL page. But once on that page and continuing navigation all the pages continue over HTTPS. There is a single page I need SSL on and I need to redirect back after you leave that page. Currently I have this:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^conference https://url/conference/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} =443
RewriteRule !^conference http://url%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Thanks

Answer 1

After the form data has been POSTed, redirect to an absolute HTTP URL.

Also, note that the form page itself does not need to use SSL; it is enough for the data to be POSTed to a HTTPS URL. This means that you do not need to use mod_rewrite at all for this.

Answer 2

Add this rule to return to HTTP:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} =443
RewriteRule !^join http://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Answer 3

The Secure Pages module can do exactly what you describe, in a highly configurable manner, so adding additional pages in the future can be done w/o editing .htaccess.