On 05/10/2015 12:05, Gael Abadin wrote: > Hello, fellow users. > > I've been trying to configure tomcat to request client certificate > authentication on a single page, while serving every other SSL page without > requesting a client certificate (before or after authentication). Depending > on the configuration I use, one of 2 things happen: either I get a request > for a client certificate on ANY HTTPS page I visit first, or I do not get a > request at all, never, even when I launch the browser and go straight to > the protected page (/my-app-name/public/login/login.xhtml). > > Am I doing something wrong or is this kind of configuration just not > possible?
That should be possible but you'll need two security constraints. One to require TLS everywhere and one for the pages where you require authentication. You may also hit issues with which connectors support renegotiation (don't use APR). Mark > > Here is my web.xml security constraint and login config (I've also tried > ommitin <login-config>): > > <security-constraint> > <web-resource-collection> > <web-resource-name>Protected Context</web-resource-name> > <url-pattern>/public/login/*</url-pattern> > </web-resource-collection> > <user-data-constraint> > <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> > </user-data-constraint> > </security-constraint> > <login-config> > <auth-method>CLIENT-CERT</auth-method> > </login-config> > > > And here is my server.xml config (I've also tried clientAuth="false" and > clientAuth="true"): > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"> > <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener"/> > > <!--APR library loader. Documentation at /docs/apr.html --> > <Listener SSLEngine="on" > className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener"/> > <!--Initialize Jasper prior to webapps are loaded. Documentation at > /docs/jasper-howto.html --> > <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JasperListener"/> > <!-- Prevent memory leaks due to use of particular java/javax APIs--> > <Listener > className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener"/> > <Listener > className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener"/> > <Listener > className="org.apache.catalina.core.ThreadLocalLeakPreventionListener"/> > > <GlobalNamingResources> > <Resource auth="Container" description="User database that can be > updated and saved" > factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory" > name="UserDatabase" pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" > type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"/> > </GlobalNamingResources> > > <Service name="Catalina"> > > <Connector connectionTimeout="20000" port="80" protocol="HTTP/1.1" > redirectPort="443"/> > > <Connector SSLEnabled="true" clientAuth="want" maxThreads="150" > port="443" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol" > scheme="https" secure="true" sslProtocol="TLS"/> > > <Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="443"/> > > <Engine defaultHost="localhost" name="Catalina"> > <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.LockOutRealm"> > <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" > resourceName="UserDatabase"/> > </Realm> > <Host appBase="webapps" autoDeploy="true" name="localhost" > unpackWARs="true"> > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" > directory="logs" pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" > prefix="localhost_access_log." suffix=".txt"/> > <Context docBase="my-app-name" path="/my-app-name" > reloadable="true" source="org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:cividas-core-web"/> > </Host> > </Engine> > </Service> > </Server> > > It is my first Tomcat SSL client cert set up so I must be missing > something. Hope you may help me see it :-) > > Cheers, > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
