How to force my ashx HttpHandler to use SSL

I have an asp.net mvc blog application which has an ashx httphandler mainly to be used by my windows live writer to create new posts. I want to force it to use ssl when using this handler because authentication is involve in calling any method in the handler. How can I do that?

Re: How to force my ashx HttpHandler to use SSL

I am not certain of what you are asking. Are you looking for a coding solution? Or a server side config change? Or simply how to configure Windows Live Writer?

Here are a couple of options:

Use server variables to verify SSL is being used. If SSL is on do nothing, if not, redirect the execution to a HTTPS connection (server.redirect or similar). There are two variables that come to mind.
1. HTTPS this variable has a value of "on" if SSL is used.
2. SERVER_PORT this varible will have a value of 443 is SSL is used on the standard port.
Configure IIS to Require SSL on the ashx file or the directory the handler is in. This is a simple check box in the IIS Manager UI under the SSL settings.

If you are asking about how to configure Windows Live Writer this is the wrong forum.

Re: How to force my ashx HttpHandler to use SSL

Thanks. am using a shared hosting plan so I dont have access to the ssl UI. I think I would go with coding it.