[opencms-dev] Securing the workspace with SSL

[Jan Meier]

Hello,

I have a running OpenCms installation and I want to secure the workspace using 
SSL. I thought about using  apache's mod_proxy and let apache handle the SSL 
connection and forward the requests to tomcat. 
Do I have to enable something special in the OpenCms configuration? In the 
howto "Integrating OpenCms, Tomcat and the Apache webserver with mod_proxy" 
shipped with the OpenCms installation is  written that I have to add "<secure 
server="https://${SECURE_DOMAIN_NAME}"/>" to the configuration, but I have no 
clue what it actually does. Does OpenCms generate absolute links 
like "http://.." or why is this needed?

Regards
Jan