ssl setup help

[seeker]

well first off, i was able to setup subsonic and it is accessible from the internet. i attempted to follow the directions on this site http://techtracer.com/2007/09/12/settin ... asy-steps/ to setup ssl. i managed to get most of the steps down (install tomcat, make keystore file, and edit server,xml). for some reason, i cant access https://localhost:8443. i think that is becuase the tomcat service is unable to be started. i click on start in tomcat but it doesnt say it is started, only stopped. i tried starting in windows services and it says that it "started then stopped." im running windows xp mce 2005 with sp3. i several uninstalls/reinstalls/restarts of tomcat but no effect. i know something is wrong but i dont know enough about setting up ssl to figure it out (i know ssl works by watch/reading a few articles though). any help will be appreciated.

thanks

[seeker]

ok so i figured out how to setup ssl on subsonic....almost. i found this guide which is the best explanation i got so far. but when i access subsonic, firefox returns this error

SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length.

(Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)


dont know what i did wrong on my part. i created the key and cert files correctly according to the guide i found.

this is what i did in cmd promt:
1) openssl req -config openssl.cnf -new -out ssl.csr -keyout ssl.pem
only set a pass phrase and a common name
2) openssl rsa -in ssl.pem -out ssl.key
3) openssl x509 -in ssl.csr -out ssl.cert -req -signkey ssl.key -days 365