The MCP integration protocol applies the industry standard communication protocol (HTTP/HTTPS). HTTP/HTTPS has several advantages over TMI:
A large majority of people in IT are familiar with HTTP/HTTPS, which makes it easier to identify communication issues and find solutions those issues
For most enterprise environments, there is no need to open extra ports in the firewall to allow packets to pass
Existing security mechanisms built for HTTP/HTTPS, such as SSL/TLS and HTTP digest authentication, can be used
Using MCP, Control Manager has three security levels:
Normal security: Control Manager uses HTTP for communication
Medium security: Control Manager uses HTTPS for communication if HTTPS is supported and HTTP if HTTPS is not supported
High security: Control Manager uses HTTPS for communication