Re: Loaddap and HTTPS

[James Gallagher <jhrg@xxxxxxx>]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Yuan Ho wrote:

> Arnaud FOREST wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I work on an opendap server for in-situ vertical profiles stored in a
> > Oracle DBMS.
> >
> > I want to put my server on the extranet, and all on the extranet  
> > is managed by https and authentification.
> > I know the authentification worked but for the certificate I  
> > didn't find any information.
> >
> > What do you suggest ?
> > Does loaddap have an special option for https or matlab doesn't  
> > manage https ?
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > Arnaud
>
> You can try our OPeNDAP Java server, and here is the link:
> "http://opendap.org/download/java-dap.html";

Wait! Don't use this link since the Java code is not what you want.  
Get the regular server and follow the directions about setting it up  
as described in the SECURITY file that comes with the server. This  
will be part of the dap-server package. When you install our server,  
you will also need to have a web server. Let's assume you use Apache.  
In that case Apache provides the HTTPS support and the password  
protection.

Dan: You asked about libdap support. Yes, libdap, and therefore any  
client built using it, will support HTTPS and both HTTP Basic and  
Digest authentication. To access data from a DAP server which  
requires a username and password include that information in the URL  
as in:

loaddap('http://user:passwd@xxxxxxxxxx/somedata.dat?u,v')

James
> Yuan

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