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Re: Configuring Client Certificate Authentication for a Web Application

From: <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:19:36 PDT

>
> Salut,
>
> glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> >> In this case, do not enforce SSL client
> >> authentication at the HTTP
> >> listener level.
> >>
> >> Instead, specify CLIENT-CERT as the auth-method in
> >> the web.xml of the
> >> webapps
> >> that require SSL client authentication.
> >
> > I tried that, unfortunately the CLIENT-CERT
> auth-method apparently is being ignored.
> >
> > The server is not asking for a client certificate
> unless I enforce SSL client authentication at the
> HTTP
> > listener level. This has the side effect of
> requiring client certificates for all applications
> accessed via https on port 8181.
> >
> > My web.xml is listed in my original message, do you
> see anything wrong with it?
> >
>
> If you edit
> ${glassfish.home}/domains/domain1/config/domain.xml
> and
> search for <http-listener ... port="8181"
> ..blocking-enabled="false" .../>
>
> and change the blocking-enabled value from false to
> true, does it work?
> If yes, can you file an issue and assign it to ....
> me ;-)
>
> https://glassfish.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectIssues
>
> Thanks
>
> -- Jeanfrancois
>


Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I don't have access to the workstation where the issue is happening at the moment.

I'll try your suggestion as soon as I can (several hours from now).

I'll report back as soon as I try your suggestion.

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