If this Connector is supporting non-SSL requests, and a request is received for which a matching <security-constraint> requires SSL transport, Catalina will automatically redirect the request to the port number specified here
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/http.html http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/http.html Sorry, i shouldve looked first, ive had so many times that ive got so confused by the doc that i assumed it would confuse me! Thanks for the prompt! dori wrote: > > Hello all! Just a quick question. The deult connector in the server.xml > file which comes with tomcat 6 > > <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1" > connectionTimeout="20000" > redirectPort="8443" /> > > What is the point of the redirect port=8443 attribute. I have another > connector for SSL which is listening on port 8442, i thought as the > standerd port for this was 8443 (which is taken by my hosts plesk panel) > maybe the ssl connector would add in it's secuirty layer and then pass to > the http connector to process as normal, but as im using port 8442 for > this and havent changed the redirect-port to that, whats is doing?! > > Thanks for any help for a newcomer to tomcat! > If this Connector is supporting non-SSL requests, and a request is received for which a matching <security-constraint> requires SSL transport, Catalina will automatically redirect the request to the port number specified here -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Server.xml-config-tp24531690p24531792.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
