Communication Channel Security
Various channels of communication and technologies are used between the components and data sources in Knowledge Management.
Used Technologies
The following technologies are used for communication:
- HTTP/HTTPS
- WebDAV
- ICE
- JDBC on OpenSQL
- Operation-system-dependent and database-specific technologies
Components and Communication Channels
| Communication Between… | Communication Channel/Log | Transmitted Data | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CM and DBMS with CM database |
Database-specific protocol |
Documents, metadata |
You can use database management systems such as ORACLE → and MICROSOFT → . |
|
CM and TREX |
HTTP or HTTPS |
Search requests, search results, index data, classification data |
|
|
CM and repositories |
Depends on the implementation (see table below). |
Documents, metadata |
|
|
ICE subscriber and ICE provider (CM) |
ICE using HTTP or HTTPS. |
Documents, metadata |
Used for exchanging content packages. |
|
WebDAV client and WebDAV server (CM) |
HTTP or HTTPS with WebDAV extension. |
Documents, metadata |
|
|
Browser and portal with installed KM |
HTTP or HTTPS |
(HTML) documents |
|
Technologies for Repositories
| External Repositories | Communication Technology | Type of Authentication |
|---|---|---|
|
Web repository |
HTTP, HTTPS |
HTTP Basic Authentication, HTTP Digest Authentication, NTLM Authentication |
|
WebDAV repository |
HTTP, HTTPS with WebDAV extension |
HTTP Basic Authentication, HTTP Digest Authentication, NTLM Authentication |
|
File-system repository and CM repository (DBFS and FSDB modes) |
Operating-system-dependent. WINDOWS → - Example: NetBIOS, TCP/IP UNIX - Example: NFS |
Dependent on operating system and configuration. WINDOWS → - Example: SMB using TCP/IP |
|
Lotus Notes repository |
IIOP |
IIOP-specific |
More Information
Repositories and Repository Managers