CLIENT CERTIFICATE not working

[Sivasakthi (sakthi)]

Hi, I've installed Apache 2.0.48 on windows 2000 and have installed tomcat. I've followed configuration as per the following website http://www.leafdigital.com/articles/jspinstall.html to I've attached all the required files as mentioned in the link. Other info { my directory setup is: Apache c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2 Tomcat c:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation My jsp files are in  c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/testLevelA }   When i run my  https://localhost:443/testLevelA/GetA.jsp , the cert is always null. i tried the following 2 methods in my GetA.jsp:- Method A: java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] cert = (java.security.cert.X509Certificate[])request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate"); session.putValue("tmp", cert[0].getSubjectDN().toString()); the cert is empty   Method B: SSLSocketFactory factory = (SSLSocketFactory) SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(); SSLSocket sslsock = (SSLSocket)factory.createSocket("localhost",443); SSLSession session1 = sslsock.getSession(); X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate)session1.getPeerCertificates()[0]; session.putValue("tmp", cert.getSubjectDN().toString()); the cert is empty as well. if i print the session1 it shows SSL_NULL..... , it looks as though no SSL Connection or my cert is invalid could that be it ?   in both cases, i've selected my certificate, keyed in my Pin, and the page is displayed but the tmp value is always null.   Could my configuration has gone bonkers ? Please assist.   thx.