Friday, 8 August 2014

WAP Gateway

Wireless Application Protocol Gateway is a part of protocol for protected use of internet. In WAP, internet access requests are sent through the gateway for security purposes. Typically it is a server that acts as an intermediary in an access request. The server obtains data in HTTP format, and encrypts it before transmission to the end-point user. It employs a protocol called “Wireless Mark-up Language “.

It generally sits between mobile devices using the WAP protocol and the World Wide Web .

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