Hi

I have an internet farm for internet facing usng http, is there a way to authenticate only using SSL? I have anthor way to block

authentication URL from Revesre proxy. This way they use vpn to edit co

Yes. You can set SharePoint up to either allow or require connection over https.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sowmyancs/archive/2010/02/12/how-to-enable-ssl-on-a-sharepoint-web-application.aspx

Thanks for the reply. The issue is can we do it without extending the web application , i'm using Hosted Name site collection in sharepoint 2010 env. the issue is either to use http or https.