Sneak Peak:
Many of you still rely heavily on the legacy SAP interface RFC. In my world that often means customers connecting their third-party services to SAP backends (AS ABAP). Securing a protocol such as SAP Remote Function Call (RFC) requires network layer protection.
Often Kerberos is discussed on this topic, because it allows the mapping of Windows-Known identities to SAP backend users. However, this post is about apps and technical connections using X.509 certs – not people. They complain less – and boringly but reliably behave the same way once configured properly:winking_face: Meet SAP Secure Network Communications (SNC).
Navigate to the full post here.