Thus the effort of using SecChannels instead of Channels should be minimal. Because of this similarity most parts of the communication package documentation apply also to secure communications. To achieve better control about the used attributes and addresses we introduce SecComPointAddress which combines a protocol or service module specific address with security attributes. Security attributes are set when creating a SecComPointAddres, so that each existing SecChannel or SecComPoint has a specific set of attributes. As with the communication package, SecComPoint is only an interface.
Service modules provide the actual implementation of SecComPoints.
Creation of SecComPoints is performed by the SecComPointManager. According to the set security attributes the SecComManager chooses a service module that can provide the desired security mechanisms, and constructs a SecComPoint object. For more information on the secure communication package, see the document 235UD042, which contains a more general description of architecture and design. Security Attributes See Attribute package of txlayer for a detailed description of the used attributes. The BasicServices service module supports confidentiality and authenticity, see semper.seccomm.basic.html .