Re: accessing port 8443 with http

2006-01-06 Thread Patrick S Ward
The only reason that I ask is because the Apache HTTP server does not behave in this fashion; when I access http://:443 I get a 400 Bad Request error code as expected. Is there anyway to configure Tomcat to yield a 400 Bad Request error code if a user attempts to access the SSL port via http ?

RE: accessing port 8443 with http

2006-01-06 Thread Roger Alix-Gaudreau
dreau -Original Message- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:53 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: accessing port 8443 with http Because port 8443 in your setup is using SSL. The HTTPS protocol and HTTP protocol start out negotiation in

Re: accessing port 8443 with http

2006-01-06 Thread David Smith
Because port 8443 in your setup is using SSL. The HTTPS protocol and HTTP protocol start out negotiation in very different ways. I'm sure to the average browser it looks like it's receiving a binary stream when in fact the negotiation starts out with the server sending it's public key certifi

accessing port 8443 with http

2006-01-05 Thread Patrick S Ward
I have a Tomcat 5.5.9 web application server running on a webserver listening on port 8443. Why is it that when I access http://:8443, I am prompted to download a file of the format application/octet-stream from any browser from any platform? If I access https://:8443, I see the tomcat home pag