Chapter 6: Using SSL in C++ Clients

Introduction

A C++ client can use IIOP tunnelled within SSL (also called IIOPS) to establish a secure session with EAServer.

For more information about security, including issuing certificates, see Chapter 14, “Managing Keys and Certificates.”

To establish a secure session with EAServer, follow these steps:

Step	What it does	Detailed explanation
1	Initialize the SSL security service as an ORB.	“Initializing the SSL security service”
2	Initialize the client ORB and create an ORB reference.	“ORB properties for secure sessions”
3	Use the ORB reference to create a Manager instance for the server.	“ORB properties for secure sessions”
4	Use the Session instance to create stub component instances. This step is the same regardless of whether the application uses SSL.	Chapter 15, “Creating CORBA C++ Clients,” in the EAServer Programmer’s Guide
5	Optionally, you can retrieve security information about the session.	“Retrieving session security information”

An example that illustrates all of these steps is in the sample/ClientSSL subdirectory of your EAServer installation.