On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Paul Fremantle <[email protected]> wrote:

> I understand the picture. What I don't understand is the statement "it
> will be more convenient". Can you please explain why Mutual SSL is more
> convenient than OAuth? It certainly is less convenient for the ops guys who
> has to set it up!
>
>
What we have is a server to server authentication problem. Have we come up
with a platform level solution or recommendation for that?


> Paul
>
>
> On 28 May 2013 08:42, Ananda Manoj Kumara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On WSO2 Operation Center use case we need to securely communication
>> between OC and Manager nodes (server to server communication) about cluster
>> information and other management information. According to the design
>> discussions it was suggested to use 'mutual authentication' during
>> communications.
>>
>> Currently Jaggery did not support server to server communication and it
>> use OAuth for communication using server credentials. But considering OC
>> use-cases we need to maintain states of manager nodes periodically with OC
>> and we feel that it will be more convenient to use mutual authentication
>> through certs than accessing admin services using current OAuth
>> implementation.
>>
>> Your ideas are welcome about this matter.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Manoj
>>
>>
>> Best Regards..
>>
>>
>> Manoj Kumara
>> Software Engineer
>> WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com
>>
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