I don't think its a Tomcat issue.  I think it's more of a browser issue.  If
you use "http", the browser doesn't know you intend to connect using SSL,
regardless of port number.  Try it with paypal, for example:  Paypal doesn't
accept non-SSL requests at www.paypal.com.  If you try to connect using
http://www.paypal.com:443 you get an error message.  Not a Paypal error
message, but a browser error message.  Port number isn't the key to starting
a SSL connection with a webserver...the "https" is, at least on the browser
side.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Petres [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:33 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: SSL on Tomcat standalone not working
> 
> 
> Great tip :), of course you need to use https://, what an 
> oversight on my
> part... oh well
> 
> But shouldn't Tomcat return an error page if  someone types in
> http://servername:8443/.... by mistake? It is rather 
> ambiguous what's going
> on with the current return of ''
> 
> Michael Petres
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