posted by SpringSource on December 28, 2009 06:12 PM

This article will discuss how to use the popular open source implementation of the SSL protocol, OpenSSL, to create Certificates of Authentication (CAs) on Apache Tomcat.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a common technology that web operations teams use to allow web browsers and web servers to communicate via a secured connection. Data is encrypted by by a two-way process, where both the server and browser are capable of encrypting, transmitting, and also decrypting messages sent by the other side prior to any processing.

An important component of the SSL protocol is how the server manages authentication. During the initial attempt to communicate with a web server over a secure connection, the secured server will present the web browser with a set of credentials, known as a Certificate of Authentication or CA, as validation that the site is who and what it claims to be. 

This article will discuss how to use the popular open source implementation of the SSL protocol, OpenSSL, to create Certificates of Authentication (CAs) on Apache Tomcat.

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