Nope. https://facebook.com - redirects to https://www.facebook.com - Can be done. -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Hawley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs? > redirection to angel.msu.edu and not have the problem Nope. SSL handshake before HTTP request. <https://www.angel.msu.edu> will always serve the SSL cert before it can redirect to <https://angel.msu.edu>.