Which product provides the standard communication protocols (for example, HTTPS) between the Client Tier and the Service Tier as well as Message Security?
Correct Answer: A
Explanation/Reference:
Oracle Platform Security Services comprises Oracle WebLogic Server's internal security framework and Oracle's security framework (referred to as Oracle Platform Security). OPSS delivers security as a service within a comprehensive, standards-based security framework.
The Security Services includes SSL: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with SSL/TLS protocol.
Note: Oracle Platform Security Services (OPSS) provides enterprise product development teams, systems integrators (SIs), and independent software vendors (ISVs) with a standards-based, portable, integrated, enterprise-grade security framework for Java Standard Edition (Java SE) and Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications.
OPSS provides an abstraction layer in the form of standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) that insulate developers from security and identity management implementation details. With OPSS, developers don't need to know the details of cryptographic key management or interfaces with user repositories and other identity management infrastructures. Thanks to OPSS, in-house developed applications, third-party applications, and integrated applications benefit from the same, uniform security, identity management, and audit services across the enterprise.
OPSS is the underlying security platform that provides security to Oracle Fusion Middleware including products like WebLogic Server, SOA, WebCenter, ADF, OES to name a few. OPSS is designed from the ground up to be portable to third-party application servers. As a result, developers can use OPSS as the single security framework for both Oracle and third-party environments, thus decreasing application development, administration, and maintenance costs.
Incorrect answers:
C: In computing, Oracle Application Development Framework, usually called Oracle ADF, provides a commercial Java framework for buildingenterprise applications. It provides visual and declarative approaches to Java EE development. It supports rapid application development based on ready-to- use design patterns, metadata-driven and visual tools.
Reference: Oracle® Fusion Middleware Security Overview, 11g Release 1, About Oracle Platform Security Services