I need to implement both the client and the server of a webservice. It needs to be secured. The server end is implemented in Java Axis2 and runs under Unix. However, I have to create it in a way that if the server is re-implemented with .Net and running under Windows, then the client will still work.
Please tell me what is authentication method to use for this. I rather avoid the basic scheme. I am looking at NTLM, but the document for Axis2 on the server side is very little. Would NTLM authentication on the server side of a webservice works in a Unix box? Is there any issue with it (since NTLM is Windows based authentication).
