Case Study
uProblem:
ØTransmit
secure information about a customer from one computer to another.
ØTarget
computer publishes a web service called by the source computer.
ØSource
computer extracts customer information to store in an XML data file.
ØSame information is shown to the customer on screen
using a form representation
product originally built by PureEdge (acquired by IBM).
ØUsing a signature pad, users sign the document and the
signature portion of the
document is extracted to a PDF.
ØWhen the web service is called, both the XML data file
and the PDF signature page were
passed to the web service.
uInformation
being transmitted needed to be highly secure
ØInformation
consisted of legal documents
ØImportant
that information not be intercepted or fraudulently manipulated.
