ID FF 1.2 in Version 2.0 Beta: usage of LoadBalancer and SSL termination

Hello all,

we are using ID FF 1.2 in Version 2.0 Beta in following configuration:

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                  -----
                  | L |  HTTP    ----------  HTTP   ---------
                  | O | ------>  | Apache | ----->  | jBoss |
 ------  HTTPS    | A |          | mod_jk |         |       |
 | SP | ------->  | D |          ----------         ---------
 ------           | B |
                  | A |
                  | L |  HTTP    ----------  HTTP   ---------
                  | A | ------>  | Apache | ----->  | jBoss |
                  | C |          | mod_jk |         |       |
                  | E |          ----------         ---------
                  | R |
                  -----

LoadBalancer will do:
- SSL Termination
- Dispatching
- Session stickyness via JSESSIONID


We got some problems when doing SSL Termination at LoadBalancer, and
using HTTP protocol only for further communication within Apchae, jBoss =
and the SourceID framework.


1. SoapEndpoint: AuthenticationFailure
- It will be checked, whether an SSL connection (via HTTPS) will be =
used.
If not, an exception will be raised.

2. SOAP Authentication via certificates
- Does a certificate based SOAP authentication will work in such a
configuration ? I assume NOT, if SSL termination will be done at
LoadBalancer.

Are there any standard approaches, how to configure such an environment?


Thanks a lot for any help!

Bye, Jochen Hiller