I might be wrong but I thought browsers only could handle RSA algorithms. If you use another algorithm it won't work. Tom Waite wrote: > > Should I be able to simply preface the URL with https: in order to access, > say, the tomcat index.html using SSL? Put another way, > http://mymachine/index.html works (I changed the port for http to 80 from > 8080), but https://mymachine/index.html fails with Tomcat's error msg > reading: Ctx( ): IOException in: R( /) Socket closed > According to other docs I've read this should 'just work' . What am I > missing here? > > Details of installation: > > I have installed tomcat 3.2 and followed the instructions provided by the > docs for placing the SSL jar files in the right places etc. When I come to > gen a key, though I am told that RSA is an unknown algorithm. Being outside > the US, I assumed I was forbidden from using RSA so generated the key > without specifying the keyalg. Starting tomcat is no problem and on startup > it reports that it has a httpconnectionhandler on 443 (I changed the socket > from 8443) as I read 443 is the default for the browsers > > Cheers, > --Tom
