Authenticating the caller

[Bill Lear <ra...@zopyra.com>]

I would like to run my Axis program with Tomcat, using HTTPS (SSL).

The "Web Service Security" document says in the section "Authenticating
the caller" that:

     To  support https  in the  Axis client,  you need  to  ensure the
     client has  https support in  the runtime. This is  automatic for
     Java1.4+; older versions need to  add JSSE support through Sun or
     an alternate provider.

I am using Java1.4+, and would like to know how to configure this.
I'm hoping that once I get Tomcat configured and security set up on
that side, I'll just have to change a config file and specify
SSL sockets on the client side (plus a few more steps, I'm sure).

BTW, I am using Java2WSDL and WSDL2Java to generate my code.  So far,
I have not had to edit any .wsdd, .wsdl files!:-)

Any help appreciated.  I'd be happy to write up the "front-to-back
security using Tomcat and Axis" document if that would be helpful
for others, once I figure this out.

Thanks.


Bill