Web Service Client Certificates?

[DrewDressel]

Can ColdFusion call a web service that requires a client certificate?

I have 2 CF web servers, one is the provider and one is the consumer (both CF MX7 Enterprise on Windows 2K). The consumer can access the provider web service under SSL, but when I change the IIS settings to require client certificates, the connection fails. Does CF have the capability of sending a certificate?

I have read many past posts and I have loaded the necessary (I think) certificates into the keystore. Even if the certificate is present, it appears there is no method for getting CF to pass the certificate.

Thanks.

[DrewDressel]

I would like to follow up on this question since no one has been able to answer. I assume CF can not access a web service that requires a client certificate for authentication. Does anyone know if this can be done by directly calling one of the many Java classes that ship with CFMX7?

Thanks.

[Mr_Black]

You can use CFX_HTTP5 to issue HTTP request with the client certificate. However, you would need to create the entire service request on your own. Also, I remember that there was a post that somebody used CFX_HTTP5 to implement a proxy for this: instead of callig Web-service directly you use an intermediate page to attach a certificate.

[DrewDressel]

Thanks for the reply Mr. Black. I was hoping for cleaner solution, if I find one I will post it here. Thanks again.