--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/12/18 16:58:31	1.978
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/12/21 19:03:10	1.981
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.978 2008/12/18 16:58:31 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.981 2008/12/21 19:03:10 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ sub delenv {
 	tie(my %disk_env,'GDBM_File',$env{'user.environment'},
 	    (&GDBM_WRITER()|&GDBM_NOLOCK()),0640)) {
 	foreach my $key (keys(%disk_env)) {
-	    if ($key=~/^$delthis/) { 
+	    if ($key=~/^\Q$delthis\E/) { 
 		delete($env{$key});
 		delete($disk_env{$key});
 	    }
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ sub ssi_body {
     }
     my $output='';
     my $response;
-    if ($filelink=~/^http\:/) {
+    if ($filelink=~/^https?\:/) {
        ($output,$response)=&externalssi($filelink);
     } else {
        ($output,$response)=&ssi($filelink,%form);
@@ -8332,7 +8332,10 @@ sub repcopy_userfile {
     if (-e $transferfile) { return 'ok'; }
     my $request;
     $uri=~s/^\///;
-    $request=new HTTP::Request('GET','http://'.&hostname(&homeserver($cnum,$cdom)).'/raw/'.$uri);
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $protocol = $protocol{$homeserver};
+    $protocol = 'http' if ($protocol ne 'https');
+    $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',$protocol.'://'.&hostname($homeserver).'/raw/'.$uri);
     my $response=$ua->request($request,$transferfile);
 # did it work?
     if ($response->is_error()) {
@@ -8347,7 +8350,7 @@ sub repcopy_userfile {
 
 sub tokenwrapper {
     my $uri=shift;
-    $uri=~s|^http\://([^/]+)||;
+    $uri=~s|^https?\://([^/]+)||;
     $uri=~s|^/||;
     $env{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
     my $token=$1;
@@ -8355,7 +8358,10 @@ sub tokenwrapper {
     if ($udom && $uname && $file) {
 	$file=~s|(\?\.*)*$||;
         &appenv({"userfile.$udom/$uname/$file" => $env{'request.course.id'}});
-        return 'http://'.&hostname(&homeserver($uname,$udom)).'/'.$uri.
+        my $homeserver = &homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        my $protocol = $protocol{$homeserver};
+        $protocol = 'http' if ($protocol ne 'https');
+        return $protocol.'://'.&hostname($homeserver).'/'.$uri.
                (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
                                '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
     } else {
@@ -8370,7 +8376,10 @@ sub tokenwrapper {
 sub getuploaded {
     my ($reqtype,$uri,$cdom,$cnum,$info,$rtncode) = @_;
     $uri=~s/^\///;
-    $uri = 'http://'.&hostname(&homeserver($cnum,$cdom)).'/raw/'.$uri;
+    my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+    my $protocol = $protocol{$homeserver};
+    $protocol = 'http' if ($protocol ne 'https');
+    $uri = $protocol.'://'.&hostname($homeserver).'/raw/'.$uri;
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
     my $request=new HTTP::Request($reqtype,$uri);
     my $response=$ua->request($request);
@@ -8452,7 +8461,7 @@ sub filelocation {
 
 sub hreflocation {
     my ($dir,$file)=@_;
-    unless (($file=~m-^http://-i) || ($file=~m-^/-)) {
+    unless (($file=~m-^https?\://-i) || ($file=~m-^/-)) {
 	$file=filelocation($dir,$file);
     } elsif ($file=~m-^/adm/-) {
 	$file=~s-^/adm/wrapper/-/-;
@@ -8648,14 +8657,19 @@ sub get_dns {
     open(my $config,"<$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab");
     foreach my $dns (<$config>) {
 	next if ($dns !~ /^\^(\S*)/x);
-	$alldns{$1} = 1;
+        my $line = $1;
+        my ($host,$protocol) = split(/:/,$line);
+        if ($protocol ne 'https') {
+            $protocol = 'http';
+        }
+	$alldns{$host} = $protocol;
     }
     while (%alldns) {
 	my ($dns) = keys(%alldns);
-	delete($alldns{$dns});
 	my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-	my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"http://$dns$url");
+	my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$alldns{$dns}://$dns$url");
 	my $response=$ua->request($request);
+        delete($alldns{$dns});
 	next if ($response->is_error());
 	my @content = split("\n",$response->content);
 	&Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('dns',$url,\@content,30*24*60*60);