Secure WebDAV

[mkrishnan]

Has anyone gotten a secure WebDAV connection to work? I have not been able to -- I get as far as a username/PW, but then no farther. Which is essentially the same thing that happened to me if I tried to use http instead of https in Panther. My school has a lot of issues with certificate authenticity -- Finder, Safari and FF all question if I really want to accept their certificates -- but all of this happens after I allow use of the certificate.

 

[mad jew]

Not sure about the terminology or whether this is WebDAV related but I'm having trouble with some password-enabled sites today with Safari 2.0 and some of the other motley crew of OSX browsers (Firefox, Explorer, Camino etc.) I assumed it was my ISP, but it might be this WebDAV thing you're talking about...

 

[Foocha]

I've had no trouble with SSL WebDAV in Tiger - its really handy not having to resort to Goliath anymore for a secure WebDAV share.

Not sure what to suggest if you're encountering problems with it - perhaps it's to do with the server? Finder sometimes seems a little flaky with WebDAV shares - your problem might be to do with the server, rather than Tiger's SSL WebDAV support..

 

[mkrishnan]

I've had no trouble with SSL WebDAV in Tiger - its really handy not having to resort to Goliath anymore for a secure WebDAV share.

Foocha -- thanks for the input. This relates to an SSL WebDAV that is hosted by Novell GroupWise. Maybe I should check out this Goliath...perhaps it would be more lenient to whatever foible this particular WebDAV implementation has. Groupwise also has a browser-based access mechanism for these share drives, but it's less than optimal....

Mad Jew -- I don't think the problem I am having and the one you are having are related -- WebDAV is something that uses the http and/or https protocol to mount a network drive.

 

[Foocha]

Goliath does seem to work with more WebDAV servers than Finder - I'd hoped that WebDAV support would be improved in 10.4, but from your experience, it sound like they've got some more work to do on it!

http://www.webdav.org/goliath/

 

[mkrishnan]

What do you know? Goliath hit the dope spot on the very first try, with no setup! Well, at least it logs in, and it seems to handle the downloading of groups of files/folders to the local disk fine. I haven't been able to successfully *send* a group of files ... it tries, but it gives me some kind of URL invalid error for each file. Single files seem to send.

But anyway, a big improvement! Thank you so much!

 

[mad jew]

Mad Jew -- I don't think the problem I am having and the one you are having are related -- WebDAV is something that uses the http and/or https protocol to mount a network drive.

Thanks, I got all confused with the https etc.