Thanks Bill,

Armed with your confirmation and some searching, I figured out that the Java
(I'm using 1.4.1) X509TrustManager class can be overridden to make it think
all certificates are ok. I'll remove the override once I get setup with a
CA issued certificate.

Anyway, thanks again!

Jeff Owens


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Barker" <wbarker@(protected)>
To: <tomcat-user@(protected)>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Mod_jk, ssl, java, and certificates question


> The client only needs to deal with Apache-ssl. Apache with mod_jk
> (configured correctly, e.g. the default config) will pass the SSL
variables
> to Tomcat, but all of the SSL handling (including server-cert) will be
done
> by Apache.
>
> "Jeff Owens" <jeff@(protected)
> news:011c01c32c83$63a37320$7664a8c0@(protected)...
> I have a system setup running the Apache Web Server with a self-generated
> SSL Certificate for using Https. I have another system setup running
> Tomcat. I have successfully connected them using mod_jk (which is
great!).
>
> I have a servlet application running and am adding another, but the second
> one is a little different. Basically its a swing client that will run on
> client's computers and transmit data to a servlet running under Tomcat.
> I've tested it with HTTP, but am now ready to move to HTTPS and am having
> some problems and confusion.
>
> Question: Does my client software have to deal with Tomcat and SSL, or
just
> the Apache Web Server SSL?
>
> If anyone uses/has used a setup similar to this, please reply.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Jeff Owens
>
>
>
>
>
>
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