RE: [ebxmlms-general] Configuring SSL and Hermes - step by stepGuide

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Ladislav,

Here are couple of questions. You may be able to help with this.

1) In your configuration what port address you specified in
msh.properties and msh_client.properties file under <URL> ...</URL>.   I
assume it has to be the SSL port of Tomcat. Right?

2) I understood that I will generate two sets of keystores (and 2 sets
of certificates to be imported into the other party's keystore).

In your email you asked to modify msh*.propeties file to specify the
keystore name/password there. But how does the tomcat configuration come
into picture? Or is that not a necessary step? Typically I would specify
the keystore name/password in the Tomcat server.xml under the
<Connector>...</Connector> tag. Is that not necessary to do when I am
running hermes in SSL mode? Only modifying the hermes properties
(msh*.properties) is sufficient?

I am just trying to understand difference or relationship between
tomcat's configuration for SSL (in its server.xml) and Hermes' SSL
configuration (in msh*.properties files).

Thanks again for your time and help.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ladislav Urban [mailto:lad...@we...]=20
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:25 PM
To: ebx...@li...
Subject: RE: [ebxmlms-general] Configuring SSL and Hermes - step by
stepGuide

Hello Ashique,
we use SSL configuration for hermes. You can set it up the same way as
for tomcat.=20
Are you going to use selfsigned certs?

1st Step
create generate keys in keystores of both tomcats. The kystore is
usually in root directory of the tomcat and its name is .keystore

example:
keytool -genkey -keyalg "RSA" -dname "cn=3Dcompany1, ou=3Dcompany,
o=3Dcompany1, c=3DUS" -keystore ./.keystore -alias tomcat -keypass
password222 -storepass password222

2nd Step:

Configuration of msh.properties.xml
<SSL>

<HostnameVerifier>com.webswell.hermes.NullHostVerifier</HostnameVerifier
>
      <TrustedAnchor>
        <!-- Trust keystore for SSL Server Authentication -->
        <KeyStore>
          <Path>/usr/local/Webswell/jakarta-tomcat</Path>
          <File>.keystore</File>
          <Password>password222</Password>
        </KeyStore>
      </TrustedAnchor>
      <ClientAuth>
        <URL></URL>
        <KeyStore>
          <Path></Path>
          <File></File>
          <Alias></Alias>
          <Password></Password>
        </KeyStore>
      </ClientAuth>
    </SSL>

As you can see we do have null host verifier. It switch off verification
of host name in http request against host name in credentials. I can
send you the java code.

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Export public part of the generated keys from both keystores. This will
create the selfsigned certificate files.
 keytool -export -alias tomcat -keystore ./.keystore  -storepass
password222 -file ./company1.cer

and import the certificates to the opposite keystore.

Ladislav=20

On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 12:53 -0400, Tanveer, Ashique (NIH/OD) [C] wrote:
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> Hermes for dummies".  Assuming I have two Hermes server running on
> Tomcat server, what are the steps (generate the certificate, keystore
> etc,?)  to have both Hermes communicate via SSL. I assume some
> configuration needed on the tomcat as well as hermes properties files?
> Any tips would help.
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