Re: calling in https mode from http mode

I believe that you are asking if there is another way to initiate an SSL
connection to a browser other than using the HTTPS.  The designation of
HTTPS tells the browser to use port 443 for the connection, rather than port
80.  Another way to "tell" the browser to use port 443 rather than 80 is to
qualify the port at the end of the server name.  In other words, the
designation of https://www.hbs-inc.com/ and http://www.hbs-inc.com:443/
would both result in an SSL connection.

Although in Java you can create an SSL tunnel using specific classes, using
the internet browser/http server standards allows the server that has
already been written and proved out to take care of the SSL communications
for you.

Hope this answers your question....

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Johnstone" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:27 AM
Subject: calling in https mode from http mode


> Hi,
>
> I have an html page and I want to call a servlet. Currently the link
> href is /servlet/myservlet.
> How do I call this in ssl mode without having to hardcode in
> https:\\myserver/servlet/myservlet into the link?
>
> Ta
> Rich
>

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