multiple server requests with IE-8 and https

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
If you see two requests in the logs for a single page request from the browser, check your logs for a missing asset.

If your page contains something like http://example.org/assets/img/image.png, and this file does not exist or can't be read, the rewrite rules will rewrite the image request to index.php, causing a second controller request.