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How DSP SSL Authentication Works

This section describes the DSP SSL authentication process.

  1. The DSA sending the bind request checks its own knowledge file to determine if it can use SSL.
  2. The sending DSA then checks the knowledge file of the receiving DSA to see if it can accept an SSL connection. If it cannot, the bind attempt is aborted. If it can, the DSA sends the SSL bind request.

Example: DSP SSL Authentication

In this example, the Democorp DSA finds the ssl-auth flag in its copy of the UNSPSC knowledge file, so it sends the SSL bind request as follows:


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