Hi

Recently i made a simple web server using C#'s HttpListener class.
In the help file it says that the class is capable of processing https
requests and that a program called httpcfg.exe is used to setup the
certificate.
I have a valid certificate and this httpcfg program but after
following the help files instructions to the letter i still come up
with the same problem.
When i try to access the page from my web browser the connection is
canceled and no page loads (It worked fine with the standard http
pages).
I've installed the certificate and used the thumbprint and my programs
GUID as arguments to the httpcfg program without success.

Can you tell me in understandable terms how to setup https with HttpListener.

Thanks

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Clarification of Question by busyguy-ga on 15 Jun 2006 05:11 PDT

All i need is a simple way to accept and reply to http and https
requests in C# without complication.

i play with this sometimes ago and find that the following steps work:
1) use the sample at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/34xswsd2.aspx
2) from a command shell run:
 makecert -r -pe -n "CN=localhost" -b 01/01/2000 -e 01/01/2036 -eku
1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1 -ss my -sr localMachine -sky exchange -sp "Microsoft
RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider" -sy 12
this will create and install a certificiate named local in the machine storage
3) open certifcate mmc and copy the certifcate  local you find in
personal certificates into trusted root certificate auth.
4)  from a command shell run:

httpcfg.exe set ssl -i 0.0.0.0:8585 -c "MY" -h XXXXX

where 0.0.0.0:8585 is ip and port, this is for http://localhost:8585
while XXXX is the Thumbprint value of the local certificate. Click on
the cert and then tab details. Remeber to delete the blanks between
numbers.

5) run the sampel so that it lisnet on https://localhost:8585/something

HTH,
Al

MiniHttpd: an HTTP web server library
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/internet/minihttpd.asp