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About Using SSL with Siebel Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

It is recommended that Siebel Business Applications external interfaces (EAI), which use Web services to send and receive messages over HTTP, encrypt communications using the SSL protocol.

The Siebel EAI HTTP Transport business service lets you send XML messages over HTTP to a target URL (Web site) and uses the Siebel Web Engine (SWE) to provide inbound messaging from an application that uses HTTP.

For outbound messages, Siebel CRM supports client authentication for SSL-based communications (mutual authentication) using the EAI HTTP Transport business service. For information on configuring mutual authentication, see Transports and Interfaces: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration and Siebel Security Guide.

To enable SSL for inbound messaging using the EAI HTTP Transport business service, follow the steps in Siebel Security Guide that describe how to configure a Siebel Web Client to use SSL.