CA and Tomcat common name should be the same (localhost or better your DNS). First and Last Name of client sould the name of a Tomcat user declared in tomcat-users.xml.
Luca Ercoli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mahesh S Kudva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: Re: Client Authentication > Hi > > What kind of information do i need to put in the fields of First and Last > name and Common name. Will any information do or is it required that I > need to put in the server address in the client.p12 certificate.. > > Regards & Thanks > ================ > Mahesh S Kudva > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Mahesh S Kudva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 23:04:50 +0530 > Subject: Re: Client Authentication > > > Hi > > > > I tried with client.p12 first, when i failed I went on with > > client_cert.x509. I placed it in the personal folder ... > > > > Regards & Thanks > > ================ > > Mahesh S Kudva > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "lercoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 17:31:54 +0200 > > Subject: Re: Client Authentication > > > > > You should import only client.p12 certificate in IE browser and > > > when IE asks you in which folder you want to put it select Personal > > > Folder. > > > > > > I hope it helps you. > > > > > > Luca Ercoli > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mahesh S Kudva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:08 PM > > > Subject: Client Authentication > > > > > > > > > > Dear All > > > > > > > > I've been able to setup Tomcat 5.0.30 successfully on port 8443. I > > > want to > > > > use client authentication. Hence i've enabled clientAuth=true in > > > > server.xml > > > > > > > > Running on Mac OS X these were the commands to create a CA and sign > > a > > > > certificate using this CA. > > > > > > > > Creating a new CA: > > > > 1) perl CA.pl -newca > > > > > > > > Certificate request using openssl: > > > > 1) perl CA.pl -newreq > > > > 2) perl CA.pl -sign > > > > 3) mv newreq.pem client_req.pem > > > > 4) mv newcert.pem client_cert.pem > > > > 5) openssl rsa < client_req.pem > client_key.pem > > > > 6) openssl pkcs12 -export -in client_cert.pem -inkey client_key.pem > > > -out > > > > client.p12 > > > > > > > > For Tomcat using Java keytool to request certificate: > > > > 1) openssl x509 -in server_cert.pem -out server.x509 > > > > 2) openssl pkcs12 -export -in server_cert.pem -inkey server_key.pem > > > > -out server.p12 > > > > 3) keytool -genkey -alias meAsClient -storepass changeit > > > > 4) keytool -certreq -alias measclient -file client.csr -storepass > > > changeit > > > > 5) openssl x509 -req -CA demoCA/cacert.pem -CAkey > > > > demoCA/private/cakey.pem -extensions v3_ca -in client.csr > > -inform > > > DER > > > > -out client_cert.x509 -CAcreateserial > > > > 6) keytool -import -alias butterflyCA -keystore /Syst.. > > > ..urity/cacerts > > > > -file ../CA/demoCA/cacert.pem > > > > 7) keytool -import -alias measclient -keystore clientstore > > > -trustcacerts > > > > -file client_cert.x509 > > > > > > > > > > > > Following these commands I dont get any errors. I then import the > > > > cacert.pem, the ROOT CA certificate and the client.p12 and > > > > client_cert.x509 to the browser I.E 6.0. But still there is a popup > > > > requesting for the clients identity and it asks me to select a > > > > certificate and no certificates are displayed. > > > > > > > > How can I go about this? > > > > > > > > > > > > All suggestion and ideas are welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards & Thanks > > > > ================ > > > > Mahesh S Kudva > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Robosoft Technologies - Partners in Product Development > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Robosoft Technologies - Partners in Product Development > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
