Force SSL

After a long search, I was able to force the redirection of my site from http:// to https:// using the following methods:

Using IIS 7 Admin - UN-CHECK "Require SSL" and "Require 128-bit SSL".
In my web.config - I added the following (Also shows up in the URL Rewrite section of IIS Admin):
system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Force HTTPS" enabled="true">
<match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="false" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
(This is from the post - http://forums.iis.net/t/1153050.aspx)

When I go to http://www.sitename.net it does redirect to https://www.sitename.net and the Security Report shows my ssl cert info.

Not to sound ignorant here, but, is this actually using SSL even when the "Require SSL" and "Require 128-bit SSL" boxes are unchecked?

 

Yes it does.

 

Ok - Thanks.

 

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