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| 4 | </a></small></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Quick Start"><strong>Quick Start</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 5 |  | 
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| 6 | <p><b>IMPORTANT NOTE: This Howto refers to usage of JSSE, that comes included with | 
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| 7 | jdk 1.5 and higher. When using APR, Tomcat will | 
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| 8 | use OpenSSL, which uses a different configuration.</b></p> | 
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| 9 |  | 
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| 10 | <blockquote><em> | 
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| 11 | <p>The description below uses the variable name $CATALINA_BASE to refer the | 
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| 12 | base directory against which most relative paths are resolved. If you have | 
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| 13 | not configured Tomcat 6 for multiple instances by setting a CATALINA_BASE | 
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| 14 | directory, then $CATALINA_BASE will be set to the value of $CATALINA_HOME, | 
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| 15 | the directory into which you have installed Tomcat 6.</p> | 
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| 16 | </em></blockquote> | 
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| 17 |  | 
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| 18 | <p>To install and configure SSL support on Tomcat 6, you need to follow | 
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| 19 | these simple steps.  For more information, read the rest of this HOW-TO.</p> | 
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| 20 | <ol> | 
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| 21 | <li>Create a certificate keystore by executing the following command: | 
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| 22 | <p>Windows:</p> | 
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| 23 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 24 | %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA | 
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| 25 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 26 | <p>Unix:</p> | 
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| 27 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 28 | $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA | 
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| 29 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 30 | <p></p> | 
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| 31 | and specify a password value of "changeit".</li><br><br> | 
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| 32 | <li>Uncomment the "SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector" entry in | 
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| 33 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml</code> and tweak as necessary.</li> | 
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| 34 | <br><br> | 
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| 35 | </ol> | 
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| 36 |  | 
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| 37 |  | 
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| 38 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Introduction to SSL"><strong>Introduction to SSL</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 39 |  | 
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| 40 | <p>SSL, or Secure Socket Layer, is a technology which allows web browsers and | 
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| 41 | web servers to communicate over a secured connection.  This means that the data | 
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| 42 | being sent is encrypted by one side, transmitted, then decrypted by the other | 
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| 43 | side before processing.  This is a two-way process, meaning that both the | 
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| 44 | server AND the browser encrypt all traffic before sending out data.</p> | 
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| 45 |  | 
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| 46 | <p>Another important aspect of the SSL protocol is Authentication.  This means | 
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| 47 | that during your initial attempt to communicate with a web server over a secure | 
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| 48 | connection, that server will present your web browser with a set of | 
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| 49 | credentials, in the form of a "Certificate", as proof the site is who and what | 
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| 50 | it claims to be.  In certain cases, the server may also request a Certificate | 
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| 51 | from your web browser, asking for proof that <em>you</em> are who you claim | 
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| 52 | to be.  This is known as "Client Authentication," although in practice this is | 
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| 53 | used more for business-to-business (B2B) transactions than with individual | 
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| 54 | users.  Most SSL-enabled web servers do not request Client Authentication.</p> | 
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| 55 |  | 
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| 56 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="SSL and Tomcat"><strong>SSL and Tomcat</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 57 |  | 
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| 58 | <p>It is important to note that configuring Tomcat to take advantage of | 
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| 59 | secure sockets is usually only necessary when running it as a stand-alone | 
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| 60 | web server.  When running Tomcat primarily as a Servlet/JSP container behind | 
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| 61 | another web server, such as Apache or Microsoft IIS, it is usually necessary | 
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| 62 | to configure the primary web server to handle the SSL connections from users. | 
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| 63 | Typically, this server will negotiate all SSL-related functionality, then | 
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| 64 | pass on any requests destined for the Tomcat container only after decrypting | 
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| 65 | those requests.  Likewise, Tomcat will return cleartext responses, that will | 
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| 66 | be encrypted before being returned to the user's browser.  In this environment, | 
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| 67 | Tomcat knows that communications between the primary web server and the | 
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| 68 | client are taking place over a secure connection (because your application | 
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| 69 | needs to be able to ask about this), but it does not participate in the | 
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| 70 | encryption or decryption itself.</p> | 
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| 71 |  | 
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| 72 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Certificates"><strong>Certificates</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 73 |  | 
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| 74 | <p>In order to implement SSL, a web server must have an associated Certificate | 
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| 75 | for each external interface (IP address) that accepts secure connections. | 
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| 76 | The theory behind this design is that a server should provide some kind of | 
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| 77 | reasonable assurance that its owner is who you think it is, particularly | 
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| 78 | before receiving any sensitive information.  While a broader explanation of | 
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| 79 | Certificates is beyond the scope of this document, think of a Certificate | 
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| 80 | as a "digital driver's license" for an Internet address.  It states what | 
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| 81 | company the site is associated with, along with some basic contact | 
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| 82 | information about the site owner or administrator.</p> | 
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| 83 |  | 
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| 84 | <p>This "driver's license" is cryptographically signed by its owner, and is | 
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| 85 | therefore extremely difficult for anyone else to forge.  For sites involved | 
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| 86 | in e-commerce, or any other business transaction in which authentication of | 
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| 87 | identity is important, a Certificate is typically purchased from a well-known | 
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| 88 | <em>Certificate Authority</em> (CA) such as VeriSign or Thawte.  Such | 
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| 89 | certificates can be electronically verified -- in effect, the Certificate | 
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| 90 | Authority will vouch for the authenticity of the certificates that it grants, | 
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| 91 | so you can believe that that Certificate is valid if you trust the Certificate | 
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| 92 | Authority that granted it.</p> | 
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| 93 |  | 
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| 94 | <p>In many cases, however, authentication is not really a concern.  An | 
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| 95 | administrator may simply want to ensure that the data being transmitted and | 
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| 96 | received by the server is private and cannot be snooped by anyone who may be | 
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| 97 | eavesdropping on the connection.  Fortunately, Java provides a relatively | 
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| 98 | simple command-line tool, called <code>keytool</code>, which can easily create | 
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| 99 | a "self-signed" Certificate.  Self-signed Certificates are simply user | 
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| 100 | generated Certificates which have not been officially registered with any | 
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| 101 | well-known CA, and are therefore not really guaranteed to be authentic at all. | 
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| 102 | Again, this may or may not even be important, depending on your needs.</p> | 
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| 103 |  | 
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| 104 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="General Tips on Running SSL"><strong>General Tips on Running SSL</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 105 |  | 
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| 106 | <p>The first time a user attempts to access a secured page on your site, | 
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| 107 | he or she is typically presented with a dialog containing the details of | 
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| 108 | the certificate (such as the company and contact name), and asked if he or she | 
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| 109 | wishes to accept the Certificate as valid and continue with the transaction. | 
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| 110 | Some browsers will provide an option for permanently accepting a given | 
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| 111 | Certificate as valid, in which case the user will not be bothered with a | 
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| 112 | prompt each time they visit your site.  Other browsers do not provide this | 
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| 113 | option.  Once approved by the user, a Certificate will be considered valid | 
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| 114 | for at least the entire browser session.</p> | 
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| 115 |  | 
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| 116 | <p>Also, while the SSL protocol was designed to be as efficient as securely | 
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| 117 | possible, encryption/decryption is a computationally expensive process from | 
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| 118 | a performance standpoint.  It is not strictly necessary to run an entire | 
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| 119 | web application over SSL, and indeed a developer can pick and choose which | 
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| 120 | pages require a secure connection and which do not.  For a reasonably busy | 
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| 121 | site, it is customary to only run certain pages under SSL, namely those | 
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| 122 | pages where sensitive information could possibly be exchanged.  This would | 
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| 123 | include things like login pages, personal information pages, and shopping | 
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| 124 | cart checkouts, where credit card information could possibly be transmitted. | 
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| 125 | Any page within an application can be requested over a secure socket by | 
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| 126 | simply prefixing the address with <code>https:</code> instead of | 
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| 127 | <code>http:</code>.  Any pages which absolutely <strong>require</strong> | 
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| 128 | a secure connection should check the protocol type associated with the | 
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| 129 | page request and take the appropriate action if <code>https</code> is not | 
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| 130 | specified.</p> | 
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| 131 |  | 
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| 132 | <p>Finally, using name-based virtual hosts on a secured connection can be | 
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| 133 | problematic.  This is a design limitation of the SSL protocol itself.  The SSL | 
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| 134 | handshake, where the client browser accepts the server certificate, must occur | 
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| 135 | before the HTTP request is accessed.  As a result, the request information | 
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| 136 | containing the virtual host name cannot be determined prior to authentication, | 
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| 137 | and it is therefore not possible to assign multiple certificates to a single | 
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| 138 | IP address.  If all virtual hosts on a single IP address need to authenticate | 
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| 139 | against the same certificate, the addition of multiple virtual hosts should not | 
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| 140 | interfere with normal SSL operations on the server.  Be aware, however, that | 
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| 141 | most client browsers will compare the server's domain name against the domain | 
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| 142 | name listed in the certificate, if any (applicable primarily to official, | 
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| 143 | CA-signed certificates).  If the domain names do not match, these browsers will | 
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| 144 | display a warning to the client user.  In general, only address-based virtual | 
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| 145 | hosts are commonly used with SSL in a production environment.</p> | 
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| 146 |  | 
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| 147 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Configuration"><strong>Configuration</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 148 |  | 
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| 149 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Prepare the Certificate Keystore"><strong>Prepare the Certificate Keystore</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 150 |  | 
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| 151 | <p>Tomcat currently operates only on <code>JKS</code>, <code>PKCS11</code> or | 
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| 152 | <code>PKCS12</code> format keystores.  The <code>JKS</code> format | 
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| 153 | is Java's standard "Java KeyStore" format, and is the format created by the | 
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| 154 | <code>keytool</code> command-line utility.  This tool is included in the JDK. | 
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| 155 | The <code>PKCS12</code> format is an internet standard, and can be manipulated | 
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| 156 | via (among other things) OpenSSL and Microsoft's Key-Manager. | 
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| 157 | </p> | 
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| 158 |  | 
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| 159 | <p>Each entry in a keystore is identified by an alias string. Whilst many | 
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| 160 | keystore implementations treat aliases in a case insensitive manner, case | 
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| 161 | sensitive implementations are available. The <code>PKCS11</code> specification, | 
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| 162 | for example, requires that aliases are case sensitive. To avoid issues related | 
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| 163 | to the case sensitivity of aliases, it is not recommended to use aliases that | 
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| 164 | differ only in case. | 
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| 165 | </p> | 
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| 166 |  | 
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| 167 | <p>To import an existing certificate into a JKS keystore, please read the | 
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| 168 | documentation (in your JDK documentation package) about <code>keytool</code>. | 
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| 169 | Note that OpenSSL often adds readable comments before the key, | 
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| 170 | <code>keytool</code>does not support that, so remove the OpenSSL comments if | 
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| 171 | they exist before importing the key using <code>keytool</code>. | 
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| 172 | </p> | 
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| 173 | <p>To import an existing certificate signed by your own CA into a PKCS12 | 
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| 174 | keystore using OpenSSL you would execute a command like: | 
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| 175 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre>openssl pkcs12 -export -in mycert.crt -inkey mykey.key \ | 
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| 176 | -out mycert.p12 -name tomcat -CAfile myCA.crt \ | 
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| 177 | -caname root -chain | 
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| 178 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 179 | For more advanced cases, consult the <a href="http://www.openssl.org/">OpenSSL | 
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| 180 | documentation</a>. | 
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| 181 | </p> | 
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| 182 | <p>To create a new keystore from scratch, containing a single self-signed | 
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| 183 | Certificate, execute the following from a terminal command line:</p> | 
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| 184 | <p>Windows:</p> | 
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| 185 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 186 | %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA | 
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| 187 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 188 | <p>Unix:</p> | 
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| 189 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 190 | $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA | 
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| 191 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 192 |  | 
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| 193 | <p>(The RSA algorithm should be preferred as a secure algorithm, and this | 
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| 194 | also ensures general compatibility with other servers and components.)</p> | 
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| 195 |  | 
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| 196 | <p>This command will create a new file, in the home directory of the user | 
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| 197 | under which you run it, named "<code>.keystore</code>".  To specify a | 
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| 198 | different location or filename, add the <code>-keystore</code> parameter, | 
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| 199 | followed by the complete pathname to your keystore file, | 
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| 200 | to the <code>keytool</code> command shown above.  You will also need to | 
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| 201 | reflect this new location in the <code>server.xml</code> configuration file, | 
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| 202 | as described later.  For example:</p> | 
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| 203 | <p>Windows:</p> | 
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| 204 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 205 | %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA \ | 
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| 206 | -keystore \path\to\my\keystore | 
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| 207 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 208 | <p>Unix:</p> | 
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| 209 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 210 | $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA \ | 
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| 211 | -keystore /path/to/my/keystore | 
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| 212 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 213 |  | 
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| 214 | <p>After executing this command, you will first be prompted for the keystore | 
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| 215 | password.  The default password used by Tomcat is "<code>changeit</code>" | 
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| 216 | (all lower case), although you can specify a custom password if you like. | 
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| 217 | You will also need to specify the custom password in the | 
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| 218 | <code>server.xml</code> configuration file, as described later.</p> | 
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| 219 |  | 
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| 220 | <p>Next, you will be prompted for general information about this Certificate, | 
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| 221 | such as company, contact name, and so on.  This information will be displayed | 
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| 222 | to users who attempt to access a secure page in your application, so make | 
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| 223 | sure that the information provided here matches what they will expect.</p> | 
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| 224 |  | 
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| 225 | <p>Finally, you will be prompted for the <em>key password</em>, which is the | 
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| 226 | password specifically for this Certificate (as opposed to any other | 
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| 227 | Certificates stored in the same keystore file).  You <strong>MUST</strong> | 
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| 228 | use the same password here as was used for the keystore password itself. | 
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| 229 | (Currently, the <code>keytool</code> prompt will tell you that pressing the | 
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| 230 | ENTER key does this for you automatically.)</p> | 
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| 231 |  | 
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| 232 | <p>If everything was successful, you now have a keystore file with a | 
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| 233 | Certificate that can be used by your server.</p> | 
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| 234 |  | 
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| 235 | <p><strong>Note:</strong> your private key password and keystore password | 
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| 236 | should be the same.  If they differ, you will get an error along the lines | 
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| 237 | of <code>java.io.IOException: Cannot recover key</code>, as documented in | 
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| 238 | <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38217">Bugzilla issue 38217</a>, | 
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| 239 | which contains further references for this issue.</p> | 
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| 240 |  | 
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| 241 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 242 |  | 
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| 243 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Edit the Tomcat Configuration File"><strong>Edit the Tomcat Configuration File</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 244 | <p>If you are using APR, you have the option of configuring an alternative engine to OpenSSL. | 
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| 245 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 246 | <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="someengine" SSLRandomSeed="somedevice" /> | 
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| 247 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 248 | The default value is | 
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| 249 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 250 | <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="on" SSLRandomSeed="builtin" /> | 
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| 251 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 252 | So to use SSL under APR, make sure the SSLEngine attribute is set to something other than <code>off</code>. | 
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| 253 | The default value is <code>on</code> and if you specify another value, it has to be a valid engine name. | 
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| 254 | <br> | 
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| 255 | If you haven't compiled in SSL support into your Tomcat Native library, then you can turn this initialization off | 
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| 256 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 257 | <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="off" /> | 
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| 258 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 259 | SSLRandomSeed allows to specify a source of entropy. Productive system needs a reliable source of entropy | 
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| 260 | but entropy may need a lot of time to be collected therefore test systems could use no blocking entropy | 
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| 261 | sources like "/dev/urandom" that will allow quicker starts of Tomcat. | 
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| 262 |  | 
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| 263 | </p> | 
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| 264 |  | 
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| 265 | <p>The final step is to configure your secure socket in the | 
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| 266 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml</code> file, where | 
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| 267 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE</code> represents the base directory for the | 
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| 268 | Tomcat 6 instance.  An example <code><Connector></code> element | 
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| 269 | for an SSL connector is included in the default <code>server.xml</code> | 
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| 270 | file installed with Tomcat.  It will look something like this:</p> | 
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| 271 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 272 | <-- Define a SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 --> | 
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| 273 | <!-- | 
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| 274 | <Connector | 
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| 275 | port="8443" minSpareThreads="5" maxSpareThreads="75" | 
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| 276 | enableLookups="true" disableUploadTimeout="true" | 
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| 277 | acceptCount="100"  maxThreads="200" | 
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| 278 | scheme="https" secure="true" SSLEnabled="true" | 
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| 279 | keystoreFile="${user.home}/.keystore" keystorePass="changeit" | 
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| 280 | clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/> | 
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| 281 | --> | 
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| 282 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 283 | <p> | 
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| 284 | The example above will throw an error if you have the APR and the Tomcat Native libraries in your path, | 
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| 285 | as tomcat will try to autoload the APR connector. The APR connector uses different attributes for | 
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| 286 | SSL keys and certificates. An example of such configuration would be | 
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| 287 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 288 | <-- Define a SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 --> | 
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| 289 | <!-- | 
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| 290 | <Connector | 
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| 291 | port="8443" minSpareThreads="5" maxSpareThreads="75" | 
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| 292 | enableLookups="true" disableUploadTimeout="true" | 
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| 293 | acceptCount="100"  maxThreads="200" | 
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| 294 | scheme="https" secure="true" SSLEnabled="true" | 
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| 295 | SSLCertificateFile="/usr/local/ssl/server.crt" | 
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| 296 | SSLCertificateKeyFile="/usr/local/ssl/server.pem" | 
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| 297 | clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/> | 
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| 298 | --> | 
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| 299 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 300 | </p> | 
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| 301 |  | 
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| 302 | <p> | 
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| 303 | To avoid auto configuration you can define which connector to use by specifying a classname | 
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| 304 | in the protocol attribute.<br> | 
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| 305 | To define a Java connector, regardless if the APR library is loaded or not do: | 
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| 306 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 307 | <-- Define a blocking Java SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 --> | 
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| 308 | <!-- | 
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| 309 | <Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol" | 
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| 310 | port="8443" minSpareThreads="5" maxSpareThreads="75" | 
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| 311 | enableLookups="true" disableUploadTimeout="true" | 
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| 312 | acceptCount="100"  maxThreads="200" | 
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| 313 | scheme="https" secure="true" SSLEnabled="true" | 
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| 314 | keystoreFile="${user.home}/.keystore" keystorePass="changeit" | 
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| 315 | clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/> | 
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| 316 | --> | 
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| 317 | <-- Define a non-blocking Java SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 --> | 
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| 318 | <!-- | 
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| 319 | <Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" | 
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| 320 | port="8443" minSpareThreads="5" maxSpareThreads="75" | 
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| 321 | enableLookups="true" disableUploadTimeout="true" | 
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| 322 | acceptCount="100"  maxThreads="200" | 
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| 323 | scheme="https" secure="true" SSLEnabled="true" | 
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| 324 | keystoreFile="${user.home}/.keystore" keystorePass="changeit" | 
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| 325 | clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/> | 
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| 326 | --> | 
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| 327 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 328 | and to specify an APR connector | 
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| 330 | <-- Define a APR SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 --> | 
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| 331 | <!-- | 
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| 332 | <Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol" | 
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| 333 | port="8443" minSpareThreads="5" maxSpareThreads="75" | 
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| 334 | enableLookups="true" disableUploadTimeout="true" | 
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| 335 | acceptCount="100"  maxThreads="200" | 
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| 336 | scheme="https" secure="true" SSLEnabled="true" | 
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| 337 | SSLCertificateFile="/usr/local/ssl/server.crt" | 
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| 338 | SSLCertificateKeyFile="/usr/local/ssl/server.pem" | 
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| 339 | clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/> | 
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| 340 | --> | 
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| 341 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 342 |  | 
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| 343 | </p> | 
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| 344 |  | 
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| 345 | <p>You will note that the Connector element itself is commented out by default, | 
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| 346 | so you will need to remove the comment tags around it.  Then, you can | 
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| 347 | customize the specified attributes as necessary.  For detailed information | 
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| 348 | about the various options, consult the | 
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| 349 | <a href="config/index.html">Server Configuration Reference</a>.  The | 
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| 350 | following discussion covers only those attributes of most interest when | 
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| 351 | setting up SSL communication.</p> | 
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| 352 |  | 
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| 353 | <p>The <code>port</code> attribute (default value is 8443) is the TCP/IP | 
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| 354 | port number on which Tomcat will listen for secure connections.  You can | 
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| 355 | change this to any port number you wish (such as to the default port for | 
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| 356 | <code>https</code> communications, which is 443).  However, special setup | 
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| 357 | (outside the scope of this document) is necessary to run Tomcat on port | 
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| 358 | numbers lower than 1024 on many operating systems.</p> | 
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| 359 |  | 
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| 360 | <blockquote><em> | 
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| 361 | <p>If you change the port number here, you should also change the | 
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| 362 | value specified for the <code>redirectPort</code> attribute on the | 
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| 363 | non-SSL connector.  This allows Tomcat to automatically redirect | 
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| 364 | users who attempt to access a page with a security constraint specifying | 
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| 365 | that SSL is required, as required by the Servlet 2.4 Specification.</p> | 
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| 366 | </em></blockquote> | 
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| 367 |  | 
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| 368 | <p>There are additional options used to configure the SSL protocol. | 
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| 369 | You may need to add or change the following attribute | 
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| 370 | values, depending on how you configured your keystore earlier:</p> | 
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| 371 |  | 
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| 372 | <table border="1"> | 
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| 373 | <tr> | 
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| 374 | <th>Attribute</th> | 
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| 375 | <th>Description</th> | 
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| 376 | </tr> | 
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| 377 | <tr> | 
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| 378 | <td><code>clientAuth</code></td> | 
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| 379 | <td>Set this value to <code>true</code> if you want Tomcat to require | 
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| 380 | all SSL clients to present a client Certificate in order to use | 
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| 381 | this socket.  Set this value to <code>want</code> if you want Tomcat | 
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| 382 | to request a client Certificate, but not fail if one isn't presented. | 
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| 383 | </td> | 
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| 384 | </tr> | 
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| 385 | <tr><td><code>SSLEnabled</code></td> | 
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| 386 | <td> | 
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| 387 | Use this attribute to enable SSL traffic on a connector. | 
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| 388 | To turn on SSL handshake/encryption/decryption on a connector | 
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| 389 | set this value to <code>true</code>. | 
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| 390 | The default value is <code>false</code>. | 
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| 391 | When turning this value <code>true</code> you will want to set the | 
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| 392 | <code>scheme</code> and the <code>secure</code> attributes as well | 
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| 393 | to pass the correct <code>request.getScheme()</code> and | 
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| 394 | <code>request.isSecure()</code> values to the servlets | 
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| 395 | </td> | 
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| 396 | </tr> | 
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| 397 | <tr> | 
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| 398 | <td><code>keystoreFile</code></td> | 
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| 399 | <td>Add this attribute if the keystore file you created is not in | 
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| 400 | the default place that Tomcat expects (a file named | 
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| 401 | <code>.keystore</code> in the user home directory under | 
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| 402 | which Tomcat is running).  You can specify an absolute pathname, | 
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| 403 | or a relative pathname that is resolved against the | 
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| 404 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE</code> environment variable.</td> | 
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| 405 | </tr> | 
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| 406 | <tr> | 
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| 407 | <td><code>keystorePass</code></td> | 
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| 408 | <td>Add this element if you used a different keystore (and Certificate) | 
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| 409 | password than the one Tomcat expects (<code>changeit</code>).</td> | 
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| 410 | </tr> | 
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| 411 | <tr> | 
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| 412 | <td><code>keystoreType</code></td> | 
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| 413 | <td>Add this element if using a keystore type other than <code>JKS</code>. | 
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| 414 | For example the *.p12 files from OpenSSL can be used using <code>PKCS12</code>.</td> | 
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| 415 | </tr> | 
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| 416 | <tr> | 
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| 417 | <td><code>sslProtocol</code></td> | 
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| 418 | <td>The encryption/decryption protocol to be used on this socket. | 
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| 419 | It is not recommended to change this value if you are using Sun's | 
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| 420 | JVM.  It is reported that IBM's 1.4.1 implementation | 
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| 421 | of the TLS protocol is not compatible with some popular browsers. | 
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| 422 | In this case, use the value <code>SSL</code>.</td> | 
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| 423 | </tr> | 
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| 424 | <tr> | 
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| 425 | <td><code>ciphers</code></td> | 
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| 426 | <td>The comma separated list of encryption ciphers that this socket is | 
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| 427 | allowed to use.  By default, any available cipher is allowed.</td> | 
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| 428 | </tr> | 
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| 429 | <tr> | 
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| 430 | <td><code>algorithm</code></td> | 
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| 431 | <td>The <code>X509</code> algorithm to use.  This defaults to the Sun | 
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| 432 | implementation (<code>SunX509</code>).  For IBM JVMs you should use | 
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| 433 | the value <code>IbmX509</code>.  For other vendors, consult the JVM | 
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| 434 | documentation for the correct value. | 
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| 435 | </td> | 
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| 436 | </tr> | 
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| 437 | <tr> | 
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| 438 | <td><code>truststoreFile</code></td> | 
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| 439 | <td>The TrustStore file to use to validate client certificates.</td> | 
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| 440 | </tr> | 
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| 441 | <tr> | 
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| 442 | <td><code>truststorePass</code></td> | 
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| 443 | <td>The password to access the TrustStore.  This defaults to the value | 
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| 444 | of <code>keystorePass</code>.</td> | 
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| 445 | </tr> | 
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| 446 | <tr> | 
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| 447 | <td><code>truststoreType</code></td> | 
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| 448 | <td>Add this element if your are using a different format for the | 
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| 449 | TrustStore then you are using for the KeyStore.</td> | 
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| 450 | </tr> | 
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| 451 | <tr> | 
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| 452 | <td><code>keyAlias</code></td> | 
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| 453 | <td>Add this element if your have more than one key in the KeyStore. | 
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| 454 | If the element is not present the first key read in the KeyStore | 
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| 455 | will be used.</td> | 
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| 456 | </tr> | 
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| 457 | </table> | 
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| 458 |  | 
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| 459 | <p>After completing these configuration changes, you must restart Tomcat as | 
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| 460 | you normally do, and you should be in business.  You should be able to access | 
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| 461 | any web application supported by Tomcat via SSL.  For example, try:</p> | 
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| 462 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 463 | https://localhost:8443 | 
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| 464 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 465 |  | 
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| 466 | <p>and you should see the usual Tomcat splash page (unless you have modified | 
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| 467 | the ROOT web application).  If this does not work, the following section | 
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| 468 | contains some troubleshooting tips.</p> | 
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| 469 |  | 
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| 470 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 471 |  | 
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| 472 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Installing a Certificate from a Certificate Authority"><strong>Installing a Certificate from a Certificate Authority</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 473 | <p>To obtain and install a Certificate from a Certificate Authority (like verisign.com, thawte.com | 
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| 474 | or trustcenter.de), read the previous section and then follow these instructions:</p> | 
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| 475 |  | 
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| 476 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Create a local Certificate Signing Request (CSR)"><strong>Create a local Certificate Signing Request (CSR)</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 477 | <p>In order to obtain a Certificate from the Certificate Authority of your choice | 
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| 478 | you have to create a so called Certificate Signing Request (CSR). That CSR will be used | 
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| 479 | by the Certificate Authority to create a Certificate that will identify your website | 
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| 480 | as "secure". To create a CSR follow these steps:</p> | 
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| 481 | <ul> | 
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| 482 | <li>Create a local Certificate (as described in the previous section): | 
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| 483 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre>keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA \ | 
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| 484 | -keystore <your_keystore_filename></pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 485 | Note: In some cases you will have to enter the domain of your website (i.e. <code>www.myside.org</code>) | 
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| 486 | in the field "first- and lastname" in order to create a working Certificate. | 
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| 487 | </li> | 
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| 488 | <li>The CSR is then created with: | 
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| 489 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre>keytool -certreq -keyalg RSA -alias tomcat -file certreq.csr \ | 
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| 490 | -keystore <your_keystore_filename></pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 491 | </li> | 
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| 492 | </ul> | 
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| 493 | <p>Now you have a file called <code>certreq.csr</code> that you can submit to the Certificate Authority (look at the | 
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| 494 | documentation of the Certificate Authority website on how to do this). In return you get a Certificate.</p> | 
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| 495 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 496 |  | 
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| 497 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Importing the Certificate"><strong>Importing the Certificate</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 498 | <p>Now that you have your Certificate you can import it into you local keystore. | 
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| 499 | First of all you have to import a so called Chain Certificate or Root Certificate into your keystore. | 
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| 500 | After that you can proceed with importing your Certificate.</p> | 
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| 501 |  | 
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| 502 | <ul> | 
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| 503 | <li>Download a Chain Certificate from the Certificate Authority you obtained the Certificate from.<br> | 
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| 504 | For Verisign.com commercial certificates go to: | 
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| 505 | http://www.verisign.com/support/install/intermediate.html<br> | 
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| 506 | For Verisign.com trial certificates go to: | 
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| 507 | http://www.verisign.com/support/verisign-intermediate-ca/Trial_Secure_Server_Root/index.html<br> | 
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| 508 | For Trustcenter.de go to: | 
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| 509 | http://www.trustcenter.de/certservices/cacerts/en/en.htm#server<br> | 
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| 510 | For Thawte.com go to: | 
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| 511 | http://www.thawte.com/certs/trustmap.html<br> | 
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| 512 | </li> | 
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| 513 | <li>Import the Chain Certificate into your keystore | 
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| 514 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre>keytool -import -alias root -keystore <your_keystore_filename> \ | 
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| 515 | -trustcacerts -file <filename_of_the_chain_certificate></pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 516 | </li> | 
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| 517 | <li>And finally import your new Certificate | 
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| 518 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre>keytool -import -alias tomcat -keystore <your_keystore_filename> \ | 
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| 519 | -file <your_certificate_filename></pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 520 | </li> | 
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| 521 | </ul> | 
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| 522 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 523 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Troubleshooting"><strong>Troubleshooting</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 524 |  | 
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| 525 | <p>Here is a list of common problems that you may encounter when setting up | 
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| 526 | SSL communications, and what to do about them.</p> | 
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| 527 |  | 
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| 528 | <ul> | 
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| 529 |  | 
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| 530 | <li>I get "java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException" errors in my | 
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| 531 | log files. | 
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| 532 | <blockquote> | 
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| 533 | <p>The JVM cannot find the JSSE JAR files.  Follow all of the directions to | 
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| 534 | <a href="#Download and Install JSSE">download and install JSSE</a>.</p> | 
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| 535 | </blockquote></li> | 
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| 536 |  | 
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| 537 | <li>When Tomcat starts up, I get an exception like | 
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| 538 | "java.io.FileNotFoundException: {some-directory}/{some-file} not found". | 
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| 539 | <blockquote> | 
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| 540 | <p>A likely explanation is that Tomcat cannot find the keystore file | 
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| 541 | where it is looking.  By default, Tomcat expects the keystore file to | 
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| 542 | be named <code>.keystore</code> in the user home directory under which | 
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| 543 | Tomcat is running (which may or may not be the same as yours :-).  If | 
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| 544 | the keystore file is anywhere else, you will need to add a | 
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| 545 | <code>keystoreFile</code> attribute to the <code><Factory></code> | 
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| 546 | element in the <a href="#Edit the Tomcat Configuration File">Tomcat | 
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| 547 | configuration file</a>.</p> | 
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| 548 | </blockquote></li> | 
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| 549 |  | 
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| 550 | <li>When Tomcat starts up, I get an exception like | 
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| 551 | "java.io.FileNotFoundException:  Keystore was tampered with, or | 
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| 552 | password was incorrect". | 
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| 553 | <blockquote> | 
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| 554 | <p>Assuming that someone has not <em>actually</em> tampered with | 
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| 555 | your keystore file, the most likely cause is that Tomcat is using | 
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| 556 | a different password than the one you used when you created the | 
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| 557 | keystore file.  To fix this, you can either go back and | 
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| 558 | <a href="#Prepare the Certificate Keystore">recreate the keystore | 
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| 559 | file</a>, or you can add or update the <code>keystorePass</code> | 
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| 560 | attribute on the <code><Connector></code> element in the | 
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| 561 | <a href="#Edit the Tomcat Configuration File">Tomcat configuration | 
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| 562 | file</a>.  <strong>REMINDER</strong> - Passwords are case sensitive!</p> | 
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| 563 | </blockquote></li> | 
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| 564 |  | 
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| 565 | <li>When Tomcat starts up, I get an exception like | 
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| 566 | "java.net.SocketException: SSL handshake errorjavax.net.ssl.SSLException: No | 
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| 567 | available certificate or key corresponds to the SSL cipher suites which are | 
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| 568 | enabled." | 
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| 569 | <blockquote> | 
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| 570 | <p>A likely explanation is that Tomcat cannot find the alias for the server | 
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| 571 | key withinthe specified keystore. Check that the correct | 
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| 572 | <code>keystoreFile</code> and <code>keyAlias</code> are specified in the | 
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| 573 | <code><Connector></code> element in the | 
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| 574 | <a href="#Edit the Tomcat Configuration File">Tomcat configuration file</a>. | 
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| 575 | <strong>REMINDER</strong> - <code>keyAlias</code> values may be case | 
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| 576 | sensitive!</p> | 
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| 577 | </blockquote></li> | 
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| 578 |  | 
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| 579 | </ul> | 
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| 580 |  | 
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| 581 | <p>If you are still having problems, a good source of information is the | 
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| 582 | <strong>TOMCAT-USER</strong> mailing list.  You can find pointers to archives | 
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| 583 | of previous messages on this list, as well as subscription and unsubscription | 
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| 584 | information, at | 
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| 585 | <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html">http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html</a>.</p> | 
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| 586 |  | 
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| 587 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Miscellaneous Tips and Bits"><strong>Miscellaneous Tips and Bits</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 588 |  | 
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| 589 | <p>To access the SSL session ID from the request, use:<br> | 
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| 590 |  | 
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| 591 | <code> | 
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| 592 | String sslID = (String)request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.ssl_session"); | 
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| 593 | </code> | 
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| 594 | <br> | 
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| 595 | For additional discussion on this area, please see | 
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| 596 | <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22679">Bugzilla</a>. | 
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| 597 | </p> | 
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| 598 | </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="-1" color="#525D76"><em> | 
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| 599 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation | 
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| 600 | </em></font></div></td></tr></table></body></html> | 
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