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Chapter 12 HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTPSCA Transports : Overview

Overview
TIBCO BusinessConnect supported the following HTTP transports:
HTTP   HTTP is a request/response protocol between clients and servers.
TIBCO BusinessConnect supports the HTTP transport for the trading hosts and trading partners.
HTTPS   This is an HTTP transport over a secure connection. The server uses its private key when setting up the secure connection. Before configuring HTTPS, you must set up a private key for the server as described in Server Identities and Certificates Tab.
TIBCO BusinessConnect supports the HTTPS transport for the trading hosts and trading partners.
HTTPCA   With HTTPS (Client Authentication), trading partners authenticate themselves to the host by signing messages with their private key. The host uses the public key in the partner’s certificate file to authenticate the partner.
Before configuring HTTPS (Client Authentication), you must set up a certificate file for the trading partner. For more information, see New Certificate.
For inbound HTTP and HTTPS transports, HTTP basic authentication is supported. The user and password available in the incoming HTTP message are authenticated against the External User information configured in TIBCO BusinessConnect. The user information can also be set in LDAP servers. The password is passed in plain text across the network. It is good practice to use HTTPS with this feature. See RFC 2617, HTTP Authentication for more information.

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