WebConnect Pro Security Levels Security is one of the major concerns when accessing applications using web-based technology.
Application security is defined by access control.
Today, organizations deploy a number of technologies to attempt to limit access to authorized personnel. These include SSL based browsers, firewalls, user ID and password controls and other mechanisms to keep users from accessing protected web pages that contain URL's to SNA applications. These include user ID and passwords at the web server, SSL and certificate based authentication, LDAP, and other web based directory services. Session level security deals with the communication method that IBM's SNA protocol is built around. SNA has evolved very little from the 1970's.