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Editing documents
WebDAV over HTTPS
If you want to access a WebDAV repository across an insecure network <oXygen/> allows you to load and save the
documents over the HTTPS protocol (if the server understands this protocol) so that any data exchange with the
WebDAV server is encrypted.
When a WebDAV repository is first accessed over HTTPS the server hosting the repository will present a security
certificate as part of the HTTPS protocol, without any user intervention. <oXygen/> XML Author will use this certificate to decrypt any data stream received from the server. For the authentication to succeed you should make sure the
security certificate of the server hosting the repository can be read by <oXygen/> XML Author . This means that
<oXygen/> XML Author can find the certificate in the key store of the Java Runtime Environment in which it runs.
You know the server certificate is not in the JRE's key store if you get the error "No trusted certificate found" when
trying to access the WebDAV repository:
You can add a certificate to the key store by exporting it to a local file using any HTTPS-capable Web browser (for
example Internet Explorer) and then importing this file into the JRE using the keytool executable bundled with the
JRE. The steps are the following using Internet Explorer (if you use other browser the procedure is similar):
Procedure 4.3. Import a HTTPS server certificate
1.
Export the certificate into a local file
a.
Point your HTTPS-aware Web browser to the repository URL. If this is your first visit to the repository it
will be displayed a security alert stating that the security certificate presented by the server is not trusted.
Figure 4.7. Security alert - untrusted certificate
2.
b.
Press the button "View Certificate".
c.
Select the "Details" tab.
d.
Press the button "Copy to file ...". This will start the Certificate Export Wizard on Windows
e.
Follow the indications of the wizard to save the certificate to a local file, for example server.cer .
Import the local file into the JRE running <oXygen/> Eclipse plugin
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