Alan,
Prior to JDK 1.2.2 (just released) there was no JDK support for HTTPS
protocol URLs. Some JVM's like the Netscape and Microsoft browsers+ JVMs
did support HTTPS protocol URLs with their own classes.
With JDK 1.2.2, the Java Plug-in has basic *standard* support for HTTPS
protocol URLs in either the Netscape or Microsoft browsers, better, but
still browser based (no joy).
Some tool vendors (and I think at least one Open Source project) provided
additional class libraries that support HTTPS protocol URLs. I haven't used
any, but you may want to look around.
Good luck!
+ The Hot Java browser and the Java Web Server have HTTPS support, using it
outside those apps may take some doing.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Burton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 6:15 AM
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> Subject: [ND] java.net.URL and https
>
>
> I'm trying to establish a connection to an external secured web server
> from
> within our ND4 application. I'm using the java.net.URL class but it raises
> a
> MalformedURLException if I try and pass the constructor a URL for a
> secured
> web server i.e. https rather than http. The message returned is
> "unknown protocol : https". I have no problems with non secured web
> servers.
>
> Our application currently uses META tags to force the clients browser to
> REFRESH
> and connect to the secured web server but we need the connection to be
> established
> from our server rather than the clients browser so that we may route
> traffic down a
> dedicated T1 line.
>
> Anyone got any ideas on how we can around this issue?
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