HTTP Server#
The Curity Identity Server is, in essence, a HTTP Server.
It is based on the Eclipse Jetty HTTP Server. However, all configuration is done using Curity’s own Configuration Service , which can be easily accessed and modified using the Admin UI .
More information about the various capabilities of the HTTP Server can be found in the following locations:
- Accepting Incoming Connections - management of incoming TCP connections.
- Web Assets - serving assets such as CSS, images, HTML pages etc.
- HTTP Cookies - managing HTTP cookies.
- CORS - Cross-Origin Resource Sharing.
- Cross-Site Requests - blocking cross-Site requests to plugins.
- DoS Protection - Denial of Service protection.
- Request Management - information about how the HTTP Server handles HTTP requests and configuration settings available.