HTTP Server security functions include thread level security, HTTPS/SSL support, LDAP support, certificate authentication, and proxy support.

• Thread level security

  An independent security environment can be set for each thread running under HTTP Server, which basically means that every client connecting to the server will have its own security environment.

• HTTPS/SSL support

  HTTP Server has full support for the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. HTTPS uses SSL as a sublayer under the regular HTTP layer to encrypt and decrypt HTTP requests and HTTP responses. HTTPS uses port 443 for serving instead of HTTP port 80.

• LDAP support

  The Lightweight Data Access Protocol (LDAP) specifies a simplified way to retrieve information from an X.500-compliant directory in an asynchronous, client/server type of protocol.

• Certificate authentication

  As part of the SSL support, HTTP Server can use certificate authentication and act as a certificate authority.

• Proxy support

  HTTP Server can act as a proxy server. You cannot, however, use the Fast Response Cache Accelerator (FRCA).