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Background documentation Communication Security for Persistency Stores  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

As middle-tier software, the AS Java communicates with a number of external data sources. The external data sources include AS ABAP systems, databases, and LDAP-compliant directory servers.

For an overview of the communication flow, see the figure below.

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Communication Flow for Persistency Stores

The table below presents an overview of the security-relevant information for each of the communication paths.

Communication Path

Protocols Used

Type of Data Transferred

Available Security Protection

AS Java to LDAP directory server

LDAP

●      Authentication data

●      Application data for directory management

●      Directory entries

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

AS Java to RDBMS user store

JDBC 1.x

JDBC 2.x

·        Authentication data

·        Application data

·        User management data

Driver-provided encryption

 

AS Java to AS ABAP

RFC

·        Authentication data

·        Application data

Secure Network Communications (SNC)

 

See also:

Security Aspects of the Database Connection in the Administration Manual

 

 

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