WebSphere Web Services Client for C++ Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris

SSL

You can secure your HTTP messages by using SSL, which encrypts the request and response messages before they are transmitted over the wire.

Any web service that uses SSL adds the suffix ‘s’ for secure to the http name in the URL. For example:

http://some.url.com becomes https://some.url.com

The Global Security Kit product, and the use of secure channels are not available by default with Web Services Client for C++. If you want to use SSL, you must first obtain a copy of GSKit. An HTTP SSL channel library is shipped with Web Services Client for C++, but this cannot be used unless the GSKit libraries are available.

Note: Handlers are not affected by SSL as they receive the message either before encryption or after decryption.
Related tasks
Securing web service communications
Specifying secure endpoints
Related reference
GSKit

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Last updated: 26 Oct 2005

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