Broker 10.5 | webMethods Broker Documentation | webMethods Broker Client C API Programmer's Guide | Configuring Broker Client Security | Overview
 
Overview
This chapter explains how to configure security for webMethods Broker clients by using the Broker C API. Information is provided that explains how to:
*Authenticate Broker clients using basic authentication
*Authenticate Broker clients using secure socket layer (SSL)
*Manage SSL certificates for C client applications
*Enable encryption
The Broker security model provides the following forms of protection for your event-based Broker C applications:
*User authentication to verify the identity of a Broker C client to the Broker Server. The two-way SSL authentication verifies the identity of a Broker Server to a Broker C client attempting to make a connection and that of the Broker C client to the Broker Server. Before making a connection, the basic authentication identity or the SSL identity must be assigned.
*User authorization for Broker objects protected by Access Control Lists (ACLs). Only clients whose basic authentication or SSL identities are specified in a Broker object's ACL may connect to that object. This type of security protects confidential data from access by unauthorized users.
*Encryption of the data traffic between a Broker client and the Broker Server, to protect sensitive data. Typically, you encrypt the data traffic when working with highly sensitive data, or to protect data of a confidential nature that passes across a public network. Encryption is supported for SSL enabled client. A basic authentication enabled client can also use the encryption only if the connection is SSL enabled.