Here's the solution to my problem, to get it into the archives for the next person: In server.xml, inside the 'host' element, I added an alias element with the domain name of the computer. <alias>www.host.domain.com</alias>
Joan Joan Friedman wrote: > hi all, > > Thank you to anyone who helps me with this - I could use some new > approaches. > > Access to my servlet through ssl is blocked unless I'm accessing through > 'localhost', with an error page displayed saying 'access denied by access > control list'. > > Here is what I've done so far: I've read tomcat's docs about ssl and > security, > searched google and the tomcat-user mailing list archives, and of course > tomcat's logs. I added a security debug value to > CATALINA_OPTS ("-D.java.security.debug=all"). I commented out the memory > realm > in tomcat's server.xml, and commented out the apache connector and service. > None of that solved the problem. > > I'm using tomcat 4.0.4, standalone, with windows 2000 service pack 2. > I configured ssl to work on port 1234 and non-ssl to run on port 80. > As long as all my access is through localhost > (http://localhost/servletname/whatever), both ssl and non-ssl work > just fine. Access through the host's domain name or ipaddress works ok for > non-ssl, both locally and from another machine. When I try to access the > ssl > pages using the host's domain name or ipaddress (rather than > 'localhost'), I get > this message in mozilla 1.1 > Forbidden > You were denied access because: > Access denied by access control list. > > thanks for any help, > > Joan Friedman > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>