SecurePages with OpenID Module and "Switch back to http" checkbox enabled

Issue Summary

Kind of an FYI and feature request in one.

FYI

I loaded up SecurePages and OpenID Module along with a self-sign SSL certificate. The purpose of which was to to secure Drupal user logins while still offering the option to use a OpenID login.

Out of the box, it seems to work fine with both modules enabled and the "Switch back to http pages when there are no matches" option disabled on /admin/settings/securepages.

However, with "Switch back to http pages when there are no matches" enabled I found trying to login with OpenID would start processing and then redirect to http://www.example.com/server (where example.com is the Drupal server doamin) and generate a 404 Page Not Found. I looked through some of the code for the OpenID module and didn't see anything about redirecting to a /server page, so that is still a mystery. However, I did find that adding

to the "Make secure only the listed pages." textarea while "Switch back to http" is enabled actually fixed the issue I was experiencing with the 404 on the /server page.

Feature Request

Figure I'd ask if addressing this issue with OpenID could/should be handled on the SecurePages side with a patch, documentation, or user notification. Again, I'm using a self-signed certificate, though I doubt a signed cert would be any different. So, if others are able to replicate this issue then perhaps adding in some code like

Conclusion

I'm not sure if handling exceptions for various modules is an acceptable request or if this request would be better handled on the /project/openid side. Anyway, thought I'd share my findings and see if it sounded like something worthy of a patch or if it's worth collaborating with the folks who made the OpenID module. I would be willing to follow up with them if this issue is valid and worthy of a fix.

Thanks,
Jim