In order to secure Drupal pages with SSL, use the Secure Pages module (http://drupal.org/project/securepages) which allows you to set this in the Drupal admin area.

This module has been installed into both Drupal 5 and Drupal 6 versions of the “vanilla” template installations.

To configure once activated, go to the admin area, under Site Configuration -> Secure Pages at:

admin/settings/securepages

(Instructions valid for version 5, but should be very similar for version 6.)

• UNDER: Enable Secure Pages:
  ◦ SELECT: Enabled
  ◦ SELECT: Switch back to http pages when there are no matches.
   
• UNDER: Pages which will be be secure:
  ◦ SELECT: Make secure only the listed pages.
   
• UNDER: Pages:
  ◦ ADD:

      node/add*
      node/*/edit
      user/*
      admin*
      cart*

(This protects login screens, all admin screens, content manipulation and Ubercart checkout.)

• UNDER: Ignore pages:
  ◦ ADD:

      */autocomplete/*