Web Client connecting Axis Service over HTTPS with client certificate authentication

[Nicolas Vahlas <nv...@instore.gr>]

I have deployed an Axis Web Service on Tomcat.
This service is accessible only through HTTPS with client certificate 
authentication.
I have successfully written a Java Client, which uses this service. I 
set the following System properties in order to make my Java client use 
a certificate:

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore","...");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType","JKS");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword","...");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore","...");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType","JKS");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword","...");

Now I want to write a "client" servlet, which will call this Web 
Service. I have troubles establishing the HTTPS connection from the 
Servlet: the handshake fails.
Does anybody know how I am supposed to do something similar to what I 
did for the client application in order to make my servlet use the 
appropriate certificate ?

Thanks

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VAHLAS Nicolas 
Senior Software Engineer

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