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Submitted by rameses.live.com on January 15, 2010 - 20:09

Hi, Sorry if this post asks any simple questions, but I am very new.

I have a few web services which I would like to secure. Essentially, I want to ensure that the web service is being invoked only by a specified client. Is there a way to do this using certificates and SSL? The way I understand SSL is that SSL guarantees security at the transport level. I want to ensure that the client I am communicating with is who they say they are. In my case, the client will be a process on another known server. Currently, I am restricting access via a username and password.

Is there a way to encrypt the information sent and to send this information via SSL (i.e. the same web service must not be accessible over http)? I have not been able to find a definitive guide to doing this.

Thank you,

Rameses

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Submitted by nandika on January 26, 2010 - 21:21.
You can use signing and encryption to achieve end to end security. Please have a look into the samples. Also search wso2.org library where you will find many articles on this. Regards Nandika
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