ABAP Webservice and SSL authentication to SAP

[LeonardoAraujo]

Hi,

I created a Webservice in ABAP and it is going to be consumed by an external application (.NET) (WITHIN MY NETWORK SO IT IS SECURE).

I saw 3 ways of getting the user authenticated:

1 - Basic authentication ("hardcoding the user and password" in SICF); (for tests only)

2 - Basis authentication (the application passes the user and password, but both and the return are not encrypted...

3 - SSL. I would like to use it, even with its overhead (since typically for interfaces in the same network we don't need that level of security). I read documentation and said I should get the certificate from a PKI (Public-key Infraestructure). But then I found this:

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/65/6a563cef658a06e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm">http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/65/6a563cef658a06e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm</a>

So, how can I get SSL to work? Is the configuration just the steps above?

Remember: It is all ABAP Webservices.

Thanks

Leonardo

[athavanraja]

have you seen this weblog

/people/gregor.wolf3/blog/2005/10/11/setup-https-ssl-for-the-sneak-preview-sap-netweaver-04-abap-edition-on-windows