SSL secure pages

I would like to know how to cause a page to become 'SSL'. I want to use it this way: users of site visit any page without login requirements using cleartext. At anytime, they can log in. if(user_is_logged_in() || page_requires_log_in()) issue_page_using_SSL(); This way, the login occurs under SSL conditions, and the user can log in early and all activity on the site except the initial http xfer CAN occur under SSL conditions if the user so desires. That is, the whole site is used 'securely' and not observable by hackers/router_spies/(hopefully local intranet) at the user's discretion, but of course, certain pages will always be secure. this of course, uses sessions underneath SSL. BTW, at what point does SSL encryption take place, on the user's machine or on the Box their provider connects to the internet with? And on my side, the same question? -- ________________________________________________________________ Dennis K. Gearon (Kegley) Scientific Instrument Technician, School of EIT Oregon Institute of Technology - One of USA's 100 Best College Buys 3201 Campus Drive Klamath Falls, OR 97601 Voice 1-541-885-1563 FAX 1-541-885-1689 email gearond@oit.edu ________________________________________________________________ Happiness is when you want to go to your job in the morning and when you want to go home in the evening. ________________________________________________________________