On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 01:21:11PM -0800, Sweeney, Bill wrote: : The question is this: Do I need an SSL connection in order to get : Tomcat to force the presentation of a client side certificate? In other : words, I only want to force authentication, not wrap the connection in : SSL.
If you want to force authentication using certs (which is what clientAuth is all about) then I don't see a way around SSL. The cert exchange takes place during the SSL handshake. If you want to just protect access to certain areas of the webapp, check the Tomcat docs for "realms" and skim the servlet spec for "FORM authentication." -QM -- software -- http://www.brandxdev.net/ tech news -- http://www.RoarNetworX.com/ code scan -- http://www.JxRef.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
