Web Services: A Java™ Developer’s Guide Using E-Speak

13.2. Security Provisions

E-Speak is first and foremost a platform that provides very secure and reliable business-to-business (B2B) integration solutions that include end-to-end security. As such, it provides an innovative, trust-based security that goes above and beyond the level of authorization available through off-the-shelf security solutions constructed using Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) and X.509 certificates in addition to the HTTPS protocol. Although the aforementioned security standards are a part of the implementation of e-Speak’s unique security, e-Speak’s SLS protocol provides fine-grained security at a level not found elsewhere within the industry’s current web services offerings. Only with a security technology as rich as SLS ...