Interesting. Importing the cert as a CA as well didn't cut it. It must be the self signed portion that is the hangup. If the production system isn't self signed I may not worry about this anymore...
Thanks.. J On 11/3/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am connecting to a self signed SSL page through CFHTTP and > > I am getting the dreaded connection failure. > > > > My test server is running CFMX6.1, windows 2003 IIS6 environment. > > > > I followed all the steps to manually install the cert using > > keytool. No luck. Export the cert a couple of different ways, > > and attempted to import. I have even imported to the JVM and > > JRE sitting in the program files directory as well as the one > > in the CFusionMX directory. Each time it imports correctly, I > > restart CF and still a connection failure. Something I am > > missing? Is there another step? Should I insert the cert from > > somewhere else other than the security directory? > > I haven't tried to use self-signed certs with CFHTTP, but I can think of a > potential problem. > > When you use a browser to view an HTTPS URL, your browser examines the > certificate to see who signed it. To do this, it checks the signature > against the list of installed CA certificates from Verisign, Thawte, etc. > In > the case of a self-signed certificates, there is no separate CA. So, you > may > have to import the certificate twice (once as a CA, then again as a > regular > cert), or do something else. You might find this useful: > > http://java.sys-con.com/read/216388.htm > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259128 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
