Problem solved... (Client authentication in standalone tomcat using certificates)

[Anindya Saha <as...@unwiredsoft.com>]

Down below you will find the problem I found a solution for, and the
solution is to move to tomcat 4.0b3.

Regards,
Anindya

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I have tried to implement client authentication using certificates on a
standalone tomcat server. I have made all the manadated steps (like changing
the server.xml file and loading the certificates on server and client).
However, what I end up is an empty list of certificates on IE and with an
error message (saying I have no personal certificates) on Netscape. The
various searches on the mailing list and else where r also not helpful.

I am using tomcat release 3.2. To complicate matters I see the following in
the tomcat 3.2 release notes:

***
DIGEST authentication and HTTPS client authentication (i.e. SSL) are not
supported in this release.
***

Then what's the point of the change in the server.xml file.

Please let me know your thoughts/solutions.

Regards,
Anindya