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Comparison of Different WAP Gateways Obaidullah Khan Wireless Development, Fall 2002 University of Houston –Clear Lake. Nokia Activ Server 2.1. Nokia Activ Server 2.1. WAP Functionality WAP 1.2.1 June 2000 compliant Nokia Wireless Protocol Stack
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Comparison of Different WAP Gateways Obaidullah Khan Wireless Development, Fall 2002 University of Houston –Clear Lake
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • WAP Functionality • WAP 1.2.1 June 2000 compliant • Nokia Wireless Protocol Stack • Encoder for WML and WMLScript to Binary
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Server Functionality • User authentication and access control • Application and content hosting • Open API for back-end integration • Web server functionality provisioning services
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Wireless Bearers • UDP/IP for: • GSM, TDMA, and CDMA Circuit Switch Data • GPRS and CDPD Packet Switched Data • SMS Centers: • Nokia SMSC ; CMG SMSC; Aldison SMSC • Nokia Communicator and phones
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Content Access • Textual to binary WML and WML Script • Automatic conversion of HTML, TTML to plain text WML • Access to HTTP 1.1 & HTTP 1.0 origin servers • Access to local file system • Access to 3rd party systems through Nokia API • WML and WMLScript 1.0 –1.3
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Application Programming Interface • WAP Server API • Java Servlet API 2.2 • WAP Service API for WAP protocol data • Interface for customized creation of billing information • Authentication API for customized authentication • HTTP interface for provisioning solution
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Session Handling • Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) • WTLS sessions • HttpSession interface with Java Servlet API 2.2 • Cookie support via cookie proxy*
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Access Control • Unknown and specified terminal • Mobile device identity number (MSISDN) • HTTP basic authentication • HTTP proxy authentication • URL access control
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Platform • Windows NT • Windows 2000 • HP – UX 11i • Sun Solaris 8
Nokia Activ Server 2.1 • Other Features • Administration tools • Logging • User directory • Over-the-air (OTA) provisioning • Content adaptation
Nokia WAP Server 1.1Security Pack • Server authentication and data encryption • WAP 1.1 compliant – WTLS class 1 & 2 • Levels of encryptions: 56-bit and 128-bit • SSL back-end support
Nokia WAP Server 1.1Security Pack • Asymmetric cryptography: • RSA and RSA anon • Bulk encryption: • RC5 • MAC algorithm: • SHA-1
Nokia WAP Server 1.1Security Pack • Asymmetric Encryption Algorithms • Up to 768-bit key length – 56-bit pack • Up to 1024-bit key length – 128-bit pack • Symmetric (Bulk) Encryption Algorithms • 56-bit key length – 56-bit pack • 128-bit key length – 128-bit pack • SSL Encryption • HTTP connection from Nokia Server using SSL
Proxy Services Security Supported Traffic Interfaces O & M Interfaces Ericsson Proxy 1.0 Push, Pull, Push+Pull WTLS class 1, 2 & 3 SSL v2 /v3 & TLS 1.0 WAP 2.0 Pull WAP 1.2.1Push HTTP 1.0/1.1,etc SNMP, FTP XML, ASCII, CAI Nokia Activ Server 2.1 WAP Push WTLS (128-bit SSL) WAP 1.2.1 HTTP 1.0/1.1 SNMP WAP Manager Server Manager Jinny Push 128-bit SSL WAP Push - Exomi 3.0 Push WTLS class 1 & 2 SSL v2/v3 & TLS 1.0 WAP Push HTTP 1.0/1.1 SNMP, Web console Antinav’s aveAccess Push WTLS / SSL WAP Push HTTP - Comparison of WAP Gateways .
Platform Protocols Stacks Mark-up Languages Scalability Networks supported Ericsson Proxy 1.0 Sun Solaris WAP 2.0 HTTP 1.0/1.1 WML, HTML, XHTML, SMIL Compact HTML Single Node, Cluster Network Independent Nokia Activ Server 2.1 WinNT, 2000 HPUX/Solaris WAP 1.2.1 June 2000 WML, HTML WMLScript Single Node, Cluster GSM, TDMA, CDMA, GPRS Jinny Linux Sun Solaris WAP (1.2.1) WML, HTML WML Script - GPRS, SMS CSD & IS36 Exomi 3.0 Sun Solaris 7 or 8 WAP 1.2.1 ( some WAP 2.0) WML, HTML WMLScript Single Node, Cluster Mobile and TCP/IP bearer Antinav’s aveAccess Independent (Java-based) WAP ? HTTP WML, HTML WML Script - All Mobile & IP bearer Comparison of WAP Gateways .
WAP 1.x and WAP 2.0 • The WAP gap • WTLS • SSL/ TLS • WP-TCP in WAP 2.0 • WP-HTTP in WAP 2.0
References: • “Make your business mobile with the Nokia Activ Server 2.1”, Nokia Mobile Phones, www.nokia.com/corporate/wap • “Nokia WAP Server 1.1 Security Pack”, Nokia Mobile Phones www.nokia.com/corporate/wap • “Ericsson Mobile Internet Enabling Proxy 1.0”, Ericsson Radio Systems AB, www.ericsson.com • Product data sheet, Jinny WAP Gateway, www.jinny.ie • “WAP Gateway 3.0”, Exomi Oy, www.exomi.com • “aveAccess WAP Gateway”, Atinav Corporation, www.atinav.com • “WAP 2.0 Technical White Paper”, WAP Forum,www.wapforum.org, January 2002