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Using certificates with Cold Fusion...
The following is how to set-up a Netscape Enterprise server to pass a clients certificate to Cold Fusion as a CGI variable:
- First set up the enterprise server for SSL working with CF 3.1.1 or above.
- next step is to manually edit the "obj.conf" file associated with your web server (typically located in the https-servername/config directory). The following line needs to be added to that file:
PathCheck fn="get-client-cert" dorequest="1"
- create a new cgi directory using the Netscape admin server for the web server.
- copy the cfml.exe file into the new directory
- access the cfml page by using the following URL (the /cgi/ is the mapping to the cgi directory)
https://server.domain.com:443/cgi/cfml.exe?template=/cgi/test.cfm
- example of web page for the CGI client_cert var:
<title>Test Certificate Page</title>
<b>Your certificate:</b><p>
<p>
<cfoutput>#CGI.Client_Cert#
</cfoutput>
The URL above uses cfml.exe?template/page.cfm, this is how you can access any CGI variables using Cold Fusion.
Well, that's about all I can think of for now, but if I think of anything more I will be sure to include it here. the best source for information is the cfdocs and the Allaire forums. The forums seem to have the answer to every question I have asked and you can post a question if need be.
Thank you for your time. I hope you found this information useful.
-T. Anderman
Email: anderamn@oocities.com
Feel free to drop me a line!
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