On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Prabath Siriwardena <[email protected]>wrote:

> There are two aspects in server to server authentication..
>
> 1. Server access a resource in another server on behalf of a user.
> 2. Server acts as a trusted sub system for the other server
>
> For the first one OAuth is the recommended approach.. for the 2nd - Mutual
> Auth..
>

For OC, it is the 2nd approach. Hence, why we started this discussion under
the subject : "Mutual Authentication for OC". We want advice on how to
implement it.


>
> Thanks & regards,
> -Prabath
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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
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