ASP.NET Redirect to Https issue - Error 401

Question

We have implemented a https for our website, so basically what we have made is implement a redirect.

       <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="rule - name" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url=".*" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Redirect" url="https://yourpath" redirectType="youttype" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>

The redirect is working ok, but I got an issue. Some of the users has saved in the bookmarks the old path like this http://applicationName/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2f and the redirect is doing this -> https://applicationName/?ReturnUrl=/ and I get the error you can see below:

401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

so far what I have tried to fix the issue is add to my appsetting in the web.config some stuff I saw that could solve the problem:

<appSettings>
  <add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />
  <add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false"/>
</appSettings>

and Also

<authorization>
  <allow users="*"/>
</authorization>

but I still having the same issue with the redirect. Any idea how can I fix this issue??

Thanks!!

Is https: //applicationName/?ReturnUrl=/ the correct new path to login ? — Symeon Breen
– Symeon Breen, Commented Jul 14, 2015 at 10:43

timothyclifford · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-14 12:18:08Z

1

Try building your URL based on the match rather than statically:

<rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true">
  <match url="(.*)" />
    <conditions>
      <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
    </conditions>
  <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Found" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
</rule>

answered Jul 14, 2015 at 12:18

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