https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread Robert Denison
Hi, I've set up my tomcat server to serve http requests on port 8080 and https on port 8443. My firewall forwards requests for 80 to 8080 and 8443 to 8443. It works fine but as it stands https requests have the form https://mydomain.com:8443. I would like to set it up so like most secure

Re: https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread David Smith
Your tomcat has to listen on 443 to remove the port number from the URL. This is not a tomcat issue, but rather the browser's expectation. -- David On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:40 AM, Robert Denison r...@blim.org wrote: Hi, I've set up my tomcat server to serve http requests on port 8080 and

Re: https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread Tobias Crefeld
Am Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:40:46 + schrieb Robert Denison r...@blim.org: I've set up my tomcat server to serve http requests on port 8080 and https on port 8443. My firewall forwards requests for 80 to 8080 and 8443 to 8443. Tomcat cannot help you in this case. You will have to make your

RE: https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread Neil Aggarwal
It works fine but as it stands https requests have the form https://mydomain.com:8443. I would like to set it up so like most secure internet sites there is no port number in the URL even when using https. Can anyone point me in the right direction or at some documentation that will help?

Re: https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread Robert Denison
That's exactly what I was hoping for, thanks David (and others who have posted), you're a gent. I thought it might be something like that but I couldn't find any conclusive evidence about handling secure ports... R. On 17 Nov 2009, at 12:39, David Smith wrote: Your tomcat has to listen on

Re: https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David, On 11/17/2009 7:39 AM, David Smith wrote: Your tomcat has to listen on 443 to remove the port number from the URL. This is not a tomcat issue, but rather the browser's expectation. That's not entirely true. If Robert configures his

Re: https and port numbers

2009-11-17 Thread David Smith
Christopher Schultz wrote: David, On 11/17/2009 7:39 AM, David Smith wrote: Your tomcat has to listen on 443 to remove the port number from the URL. This is not a tomcat issue, but rather the browser's expectation. That's not entirely true. If Robert configures his firewall to redirect