This sort of approach would undoubtedly simplify many things. Since SSL is *THE* secure protocol for virtually all secure web services, I imagine that it was simply overlooked not rejected.
Could you give us more specifics as to what you (medsphere) are doing and is it available as Open Source? Todd Berman wrote: >On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 14:22 -0700, Jim Self wrote: >> I wonder, has anyone given serious thought to having a CPRS client connect >> to the RPC >> broker via HTTPS (HTTP + SSL)? That would seem to me to be the ideal >> solution for >> connecting internet accessible services. >> > >That is basically (well, a bit simplified way of looking at it, but >close to the same) what we are doing, so I was curious if for some >reason SSL has been thrown out as not HIPPA compliant for some reason or >another. > >--Todd --------------------------------------- Jim Self Systems Architect, Lead Developer VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members