Chapter 7. Security

AMQ JavaScript uses SSL/TLS to encrypt communication between clients and servers.

To connect to a remote server with SSL/TLS, set the transport connection option to tls.

var opts = {
    host: "example.com",
    port: 5671,
    transport: "tls"
};

container.connect(opts);

var opts = {
    host: "example.com",
    port: 5671,
    transport: "tls"
};

container.connect(opts);

AMQ JavaScript can authenticate connections with a user and password.

To specify the credentials used for authentication, set the username and password connection options.

var opts = {
    host: "example.com",
    username: "alice",
    password: "secret"
};

container.connect(opts);

var opts = {
    host: "example.com",
    username: "alice",
    password: "secret"
};

container.connect(opts);

AMQ JavaScript uses the SASL protocol to perform authentication. SASL can use a number of different authentication mechanisms. When two network peers connect, they exchange their allowed mechanisms, and the strongest mechanism allowed by both is selected.

AMQ JavaScript enables SASL mechanisms based on the presence of user and password information. If the user and password are both specified, PLAIN is used. If only a user is specified, ANONYMOUS is used. If neither is specified, SASL is disabled.