8.6. Example: Programmatic Security and SSL
Listing 8.5 presents a servlet that redirects non-SSL requests to a URL that is identical to the URL of the original request except that http is changed to https. When an SSL request is received, the servlet presents a page that displays information on the URL, query data, key size, encryption algorithm, and client certificate. Figures 8-7 and 8-8 show the results.
Figure 8-7. New-certificate page for Internet Explorer. View and import the certificate to suppress future warnings. For details on creating self-signed certificates for use with Tomcat, see Section 7.5. Again, self-signed certificates would not be trusted in real-world applications; they are for testing purposes only.
Figure 8-8. Result ...
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