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Carsten Elshoff wrote:

> does anyone have any experience in setting up a https connection? I know
> I have to use JSSE as an additional package and I've found some examples
> coming with it. But maybe someone knows some sort of small tutorial on
> how to access a restricted web site (username/password) via https?!

I'm assuming that you are talking about providing a login Web page
which is accessed securely from within a Web browser.

HTTPS is handled by the browser and your Web/App server 
(Apache/Tomcat, Weblogic, WebSphere, IIS/Tomcat, etc.).  
So, all you need to do is to create the URLs for
secure and non-secure pages accordingly, and configure your
Web/App server properly to listen for HTTPS requests.  That 
means that for a text/button which links to your login page, you
provide the URL:

  <a href="https://www.mycorp.com/login">Login</a>

as opposed to a non-secure request

  <a href="http://www.mycorp.com/companyInfo">Company info</a>


Incidentally, this question more properly belongs in either
the "servlets-jsp" (server side related issues) or "enterprise"
(more server-side issues).


Paul Furbacher (TeamB)