Security mechanisms

Security mechanisms provide your applications and system with integrity, confidentiality and authentication.

The following lists the possible choices for security mechanisms:

Username Authentication with Symmetric Keys

The username authentication with symmetric keys protects your application for integrity and confidentiality. In this process the user, instead of possesing a certain key or creificate enters his username and password for authentication. The client shares a secret key with the server.

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

The transport security is a security mechanism that makes use of cryptography to prevent eavesdropping, forgery and tampering. This mechanism makes sure that the server side is authenticated, which gives the user certainty to whom he may be communicating.

Mutual Certificates Security

The mutual certificates security is a bit similar to the transport layer security, but instead of authenticating the server side alone, this mechanism authenticates both the server side and the end user.