Hi all, I'm new to Restlet (and WS in general), so I'm counting on your understanding if my questions seem stupid. :)
I've been playing around with a test web service using Restlet 2.0.14 framework. My server uses JSE whilst my client is on Android. I've created a self-signed certificate, which has been already added (configuring the various parameters) on the server side. I have checked this using openssl and also a web browser (as a client), and the certificate seems to be working fine on the server. The problem is, as you have probably guessed, the fact that Android doesn't trust my certificate, since it's not in the trusted authorities list. I have found this workaround (http://stackoverflow.com/a/4837230) in order to overcome the problem, which basically creates a custom http client (based on the apache client) including some ssl related parameters, in order for the client to trust all authorities. Now, let me not bother you any more with the generics and get to my question. This "workaround" creates a custom http client, so it returns an object of DefaultHttpClient type. But, on my client app this is how I register new client: Engine.getInstance().getRegisteredClients().add(0, new HttpClientHelper(null)); This method requires an HttpHelper object, not a DefaultHttpClient object like the one I have prepared for the ssl connection. So, I would like to ask (hoping that this is not the stupidest question ever) for some guidance or example on how to correlate the custom http client with the http client/connector that my app uses by default (which is supposed to be the apache http client). Or put it simple, how do I "load" the custom - self-signed certificate ready - http client on my Android client? Also, one more question. If I had purchased a CA-provided certificate (for example from Verisign), I wouldn't have to do any of these workarounds, right? All I had to do is define the client protocol (when creating a resource) to HTTPS instead of HTTP, and the rest (downloading and accepting the certificate from the server) would be done automatically, right? Thanks in advance for any assistance. If you need more info about my implementation, I will happily provide it. br, Alex ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2991328
