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| Paper: |
Web SAMP and HTTPS: What to Do? |
| Volume: |
527, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIX |
| Page: |
85 |
| Authors: |
Taylor, M. B. |
| Abstract: |
SAMP, the Simple Application Messaging Protocol, is a standard developed
within the Virtual Observatory to allow communication between different
software items on the desktop. One popular usage scenario has been
enabling one-click transmission of a table or FITS image from a web page,
typically an archive search result of some kind, to a desktop application
such as TOPCAT, Aladin or ds9. This has worked well for HTTP web pages
since the introduction of the SAMP Web Profile in SAMP 1.3, but the Web
Profile will not work over HTTPS, which is increasingly being adopted
by data providers.
This paper presents a summary of the problem and explores some possible
ways forward, for which working prototypes have been developed: specify
a new HTTPS-capable Profile, use a SAMP-capable helper application,
or abandon using SAMP over HTTPS. |
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