#### 4.3.1 Activating/Deactivating protocol personalities

Protocol activation is controlled by PolyORB’s configuration file.

The section `[access_points]` controls the initialization of access points. An access point is a node entry point that may serve incoming requests.

    [access_points]
    soap=enable
    iiop=enable
    diop=disable
    uipmc=disable

This example activates SOAP and IIOP, but deactivates DIOP and MIOP.

The section `[modules]` controls the activation/deactivation of some modules within PolyORB. It is used to enable bindings to remote entities.

    [modules]
    binding_data.soap=enable
    binding_data.iiop=enable
    binding_data.diop=disable
    binding_data.uipmc=disable

This example enables the creation of bindings to remote objects using SOAP or IIOP. Objects cannot be reached using DIOP or UIPMC.

Note: by default, all configured personalities are activated.