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Siebel Security Guide > Communications and Data Encryption > Configuring SSL Mutual AuthenticationMutual authentication is a process in which a connection between two parties is established only after each party has authenticated the other. In SSL mutual authentication, the client is authenticated to the server and the server is authenticated to the client during the SSL handshake, using digital certificates issued by certificate authorities. Siebel supports server authentication and, in the current release, client authentication is also supported for SSL-based communications using the EAI HTTP Transport business service, and for workflows or outbound Web service calls that call the EAI HTTP Transport business service. If you choose to enable client authentication, then the Siebel Server presents a client certificate to an external Web server by supplying values for the HTTPCertSerialNo and HTTPCertAuthority EAI HTTP Transport parameters. The following procedure describes how to configure client authentication using the EAI HTTP Transport business service. This task is a step in Process of Configuring Secure Communications. To configure client authentication using EAI HTTP Transport
NOTE: The TLS protocol is not supported on the UNIX operating system for HTTPS calls to external Web servers. Make sure that the external Web server allows the use of the SSL 3.0 protocol; otherwise WinInet error 12157 occurs on the Siebel Server. |
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