rogerk
June 14th, 2001, 09:24
Hi!
I was wondering if someone here could give me a helping hand.. I have the following scenario:
- We have one server that is the main "transaction" server. I'll call this Server A.
- There are several other servers on different LANs, that need to communicate with Server A. Let's call these Servers XYZ. These servers are running a kind of web shop based on ASP.
The data I need to pass to and from Server A, is really just small variables to give status about the purchase, codes etc.
- Servers XYZ need to verify that when they are sending their data to Server A, it is actually Server A on the receiving end.
The same goes for when Server A is sending data back to Servers XYZ.
I suppose I'd prefer that the verification went both ways, so that that both servers involved in the communication would know that they were communicating with the correct server, so that someone isn't sitting in the middle sending bogus data.
- All the servers are running IIS
First I thought this would be possible using SSL and sending ASP-generated HTTPS-strings between the servers. But I haven't found any info about IIS acting as a SSL-client..
I know this doesn't have THAT much to do with ASP, but is it possible to do this kind of thing just using ASP and some sort of encryption/certificates?
Has anyone here done something like this? In that case, what kind of setup are you using?
Any help or pointers appreciated! :)
I was wondering if someone here could give me a helping hand.. I have the following scenario:
- We have one server that is the main "transaction" server. I'll call this Server A.
- There are several other servers on different LANs, that need to communicate with Server A. Let's call these Servers XYZ. These servers are running a kind of web shop based on ASP.
The data I need to pass to and from Server A, is really just small variables to give status about the purchase, codes etc.
- Servers XYZ need to verify that when they are sending their data to Server A, it is actually Server A on the receiving end.
The same goes for when Server A is sending data back to Servers XYZ.
I suppose I'd prefer that the verification went both ways, so that that both servers involved in the communication would know that they were communicating with the correct server, so that someone isn't sitting in the middle sending bogus data.
- All the servers are running IIS
First I thought this would be possible using SSL and sending ASP-generated HTTPS-strings between the servers. But I haven't found any info about IIS acting as a SSL-client..
I know this doesn't have THAT much to do with ASP, but is it possible to do this kind of thing just using ASP and some sort of encryption/certificates?
Has anyone here done something like this? In that case, what kind of setup are you using?
Any help or pointers appreciated! :)