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-
-This directory contains some example certificates for the X.509 version of the contacts
-application. They have all been generated using openssl with a demo certificate authority.
-The password for all the files is "password"
-
-- user.p12 is a pkcs12 file containing the client certificate and private key for
-a user, and should be imported into your browser.
-
-- server.p12 is a pkcs12 file containing a server certificate and private key.
-
-- ca.jks is a java keystore file[1] containing the CA public certificate. This is used as
-the trust store for the server to indicate which client certificates are valid.
-
-The app has been tested in JBoss 3.2.7 (Tomcat 5.0) using the following configuration for
-the connector:
-
-  <!-- SSL/TLS Connector configuration -->
-  <Connector port="8443" address="${jboss.bind.address}"
-       maxThreads="100" minSpareThreads="2" maxSpareThreads="10"
-       scheme="https" secure="true"
-       sslProtocol = "TLS"
-       clientAuth="want" keystoreFile="${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/server.p12"
-       keystoreType="PKCS12" keystorePass="password"
-       truststoreFile="${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/ca.jks"
-       truststoreType="JKS" truststorePass="password"
-    />
-
-To try out the application, first get the server running with client authentication enabled.
-
-
-
-
-[1] This was originally also a pkcs12 file. However I couldn't get tomcat to work with
-it unless it contained the CA's private key as well as the certificate, which is obviously
-not feasible. If anyone works out how to get Tomcat to work with a pkcs12 file containing
-a single certificate, then please let me know.
-
-$Id$
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