Web-based authentication without the use of digital certificates is like letting a stranger into your house without establishing their identity or motives.
Typically, Digital Certificates are normally associated with authenticating SSL traffic, the most widely used security technology for Web-based communications. The APIAS Digital Certificate Authentication feature for Enterprise Extender also provides support for SSL traffic. It is incorporated as part of the APIAS SSL Support. However, the APIAS DCA feature can also be optionally added to the APIAS TCP Transport and Multiple Stack features to provide the most extensive end user authentication capability between EE users, irrespective of whether they are based on TCP/IP, UDP or a combination of the two.