Since SSPR is a web based application, it can be accessed with Internet Explorer or Firefox using http. However, you can also access SSPR using https. To set up a secure channel between the browser and application (https):
Create a self signed certificate in the cacerts store. In the command line goto %JAVA_HOME%\bin\ folder and execute the following command:
keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore ../<jre6>/lib/security/cacerts
Enter keystore paasword as changeit.
In the <Tomcat_Home>/Conf folder, modify the server.xml file to support https.
Uncomment https connection and comment out http connection.
When you uncomment https connection, add one more attribute value called keystoreFile="${java.home}/lib/security/cacerts" keystorePass="changeit"
Restart Tomcat.