Internet Access Support

Security when accessing a JADE application from the Internet can be defined at the levels described in the following subsections.

As unknown XML Web service consumers can access an XML Web service provider, the Web server must provide basic security services at the protocol level. The Web Services sheet on the Define Application dialog enables you to specify that the application is secure. In addition, the Web Services sheet of the Define Class dialog enables you to specify whether a Web services class uses the default security of the application or you can override this value and select whether the class is secure (that is, it uses the HTTPS protocol) or not secure (that is, it uses the HTTP protocol).

In addition, you can use the TCP communication protocol for direct Web services messages between JADE systems. For more details, see "Building Web Services Applications", in Chapter 10 of the JADE Developer’s Reference.