How to authenticate a user

Authenticating a user involves the following tasks:

1. You must obtain the user's CICS® user ID and password.
2. Encrypt their user ID and password with a base64 encoding scheme and place it in the header area of the HTTP request. For additional protection during transmission, you might want to use the HTTPS protocol with SSL encryption.
3. Transmit your HTTP request. The CICS HTTP server authenticates the user ID and password by using the RACF® facility or other equivalent security facility.