WTLS classes II and III
Do you know where I can find information about Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) classes II and III? I have read the WAP forum white papper, and classes II and III are not menitioned.

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The classes have to do with the security mechanisms used with WTLS.

Currently, there are three classes of WTLS security:
Class 1 - Anonymous authentication
Class 2 - Server authentication
Class 3 - Two-way authentication (server and client)

Please see http://www1.wapforum.org/tech/documents/WAP-217-WPKI-20010424-a.pdf.


This was first published in September 2001