Authenticating HTTP users

You can use HTTP basic authentication or SSL client certificate authentication to authenticate HTTP users.

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The authentication scheme is specified by the AUTHENTICATE and SSL attributes of the TCPIPSERVICE definition:

Authentication scheme	AUTHENTICATE	SSL	Notes
HTTP with no authentication	NO	NO, YES, CLIENTAUTH, or ATTLSAWARE
HTTP with basic authentication	BASIC	NO, YES, CLIENTAUTH, or ATTLSAWARE
HTTP with basic authentication	AUTOMATIC	NO, YES, CLIENTAUTH, or ATTLSAWARE	If SSL(CLIENTAUTH | ATTLSAWARE) is specified, and the client sends a certificate, then SSL client certificate authentication is used.
HTTP with SSL client certificate authentication	CERTIFICATE or AUTOREGISTER	CLIENTAUTH or ATTLSAWARE	If the client does not send a certificate, the connection is not established.
HTTP with SSL client certificate authentication	AUTOMATIC	CLIENTAUTH or ATTLSAWARE	If the client does not send a certificate, then basic authentication is used.