SyncML®: Synchronizing and Managing Your Mobile Data

SyncML Authentication

Even with the most secure transport possible, there is still a need to authenticate the client. After all, it is important to know who is accessing sensitive data. SyncML provides for three authentication layers:

• SyncML^® Authentication (different from transport layer authentication)

• Datastore Authentication

• Object Authentication

Each layer's authentication may be overridden at lower layers. For example, the Client authentication may be overridden for a particular datastore, and that may be overridden for a particular object within that datastore.

SyncML Client/Server Authentication

SyncML Client/Server Authentication is the authentication of the Client and the Server. Client/Server Authentication is the most common authentication ...