I'm running jboss portal 2.4 CR2 behind an SSL configured apache virtual host. While portal ssl operation in general works fine, I see that after successful authentication the scheme switches from https to http.
This is propably caused by the JAAS configuration:
https://myportal.mydomain/portal/auth/portal/Admin
https://myportal.mydomain/portal/auth/portal/j_security_check;jsessionid=...
http://myportal.mydomain/portal/auth/portal/Admin