Re: EDI over http?

["Matthew James Gering" <mgering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SSL is end-to-end session encryption -- there is nothing client-side or
server-side about it.

If you are referring to the X.509 certificate on the server used for server
identity verification, X.509 certificates are also supported on the client
for client identity verification and security login by most web servers.

	Matt

> Since EDI is generally server to server, doesn't adopting a http/SSL
> transport also imply that the client side http/SSL implementation be
> done on the server side as well? 
> 
> For instance, the browser will implement the client side SSL functions
> such as server certificate authentication, etc. In the situation where
> there is no browser, and a server needs to send the EDI file to another
> server, doesn't the sending server need to implement the http/SSL client
> side dialogues?
> 
> Does this mean that companies would need to go to the expense of
> creating a "customised" http/SSL server to support client side
> functionality?