Switching TLS on/off on Server

[Mark Williams 13]

I am configuring my server (TWebModule) to dispense with TLS where the request is from a machine on a local network.

 

To do this I am checking the following properties of TWebRequest:

   ServerPort - to see if the request has come in on 443

  If not 443 then

    RemoteAddr - to see if the ip address of the requestee falls within the private ranges:

     10.0.0.0        -   10.255.255.255  
     172.16.0.0      -   172.31.255.255  
     192.168.0.0     -   192.168.255.255

If it doesn't  reject the request and ask it to be made over http.

 

Is this a sound approach? Are there any dangers I should be aware of?

 

If this is a sound approach I assume I should  add a config files to specify the permitted ip ranges so that it could include private networks that fall out

 

[Angus Robertson 519]

If you mean you only want to accept LAN connections on port 80 or something, you can can do as you suggest, but this is irrelevant to SSL/TLS.   It is quite normal nowadays to respond with a redirection to the correct HTTPS  URL. 

 

Angus

 

 

[Mark Williams 13]

Researching a little more thoroughly, I've come to the conclusion that this is probably not a good idea for security reasons.