I get the following exceptions form tomcat: 2001-03-22 03:47:18 - Ctx( ): 400 R( /) null 2001-03-22 03:47:18 - Ctx( ): IOException in: R( /) Socket closed And the browser displays the following message: The page cannot be displayed I can get Tomcat SSL working if I generate the .keystore the following way: keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA But when I: 1. generate a request and key; openssl req -new -out REQ.pem -keyout KEY.pem 2. generate a self signed certificate; openssl req -x509 -in REQ.pem -key KEY.pem -out CERT.pem 3. and finally import the certificate into the .keystore; keytool -import -v -trustcacerts -alias tomcat -file CERT.pem I need this to work so I can use a certificate from verisign. Please help!!! Thanks!!! Eric W.