The HTTP gateway is used when establishing authenticated user credentials. This is done by configuring two identical HTTP gateways: one public and the other protected by web server user access controls. When a Java client needs to establish valid credentials (to perform secure RMI calls to a Windchill method server), it submits a login request via the protected HTTP gateway. The web server supplies the authenticated user name and authentication type to the HTTP gateway, and that information is passed on to the Windchill method server.