diff --git a/cmd/api-datatypes.go b/cmd/api-datatypes.go
index 12b7f4bf7..f74c64440 100644
--- a/cmd/api-datatypes.go
+++ b/cmd/api-datatypes.go
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Response request id.
+	responseRequestIDKey = "x-amz-request-id"
+)
+
 // ObjectIdentifier carries key name for the object to delete.
 type ObjectIdentifier struct {
 	ObjectName string `xml:"Key"`
diff --git a/cmd/api-headers.go b/cmd/api-headers.go
index a16470ca0..62d32a0ec 100644
--- a/cmd/api-headers.go
+++ b/cmd/api-headers.go
@@ -18,33 +18,24 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 )
 
-const requestIDLen = 16
-
-// mustGetRequestID generates and returns request ID string.
-func mustGetRequestID() string {
-	reqBytes := make([]byte, requestIDLen)
-	if _, err := rand.Read(reqBytes); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < requestIDLen; i++ {
-		reqBytes[i] = alphaNumericTable[reqBytes[i]%alphaNumericTableLen]
-	}
-
-	return string(reqBytes)
+// Returns a hexadecimal representation of time at the
+// time response is sent to the client.
+func mustGetRequestID(t time.Time) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%X", t.UnixNano())
 }
 
 // Write http common headers
 func setCommonHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	// Set unique request ID for each reply.
-	w.Header().Set("X-Amz-Request-Id", mustGetRequestID())
+	w.Header().Set(responseRequestIDKey, mustGetRequestID(time.Now().UTC()))
 	w.Header().Set("Server", ("Minio/" + ReleaseTag + " (" + runtime.GOOS + "; " + runtime.GOARCH + ")"))
 	w.Header().Set("Accept-Ranges", "bytes")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/api-headers_test.go b/cmd/api-headers_test.go
index 540d136ee..0d19f13dd 100644
--- a/cmd/api-headers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/api-headers_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func TestNewRequestID(t *testing.T) {
 	// Ensure that it returns an alphanumeric result of length 16.
-	var id = mustGetRequestID()
+	var id = mustGetRequestID(time.Now().UTC())
 
 	if len(id) != 16 {
 		t.Fail()
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
index 5aa99885c..8f845a046 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func enforceBucketPolicy(bucket string, action string, reqURL *url.URL) (s3Error
 	}
 
 	// Construct resource in 'arn:aws:s3:::examplebucket/object' format.
-	resource := AWSResourcePrefix + strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(reqURL.Path, "/"), "/")
+	resource := bucketARNPrefix + strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(reqURL.Path, "/"), "/")
 
 	// Get conditions for policy verification.
 	conditionKeyMap := make(map[string]set.StringSet)
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go b/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go
index 252947602..02695b36f 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-notification-datatypes.go
@@ -114,15 +114,11 @@ func (eventName EventName) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
-// Indentity represents the user id, this is a compliance field.
+// Indentity represents the accessKey who caused the event.
 type identity struct {
 	PrincipalID string `json:"principalId"`
 }
 
-func defaultIdentity() identity {
-	return identity{"minio"}
-}
-
 // Notification event bucket metadata.
 type bucketMeta struct {
 	Name          string   `json:"name"`
@@ -139,6 +135,21 @@ type objectMeta struct {
 	Sequencer string `json:"sequencer"`
 }
 
+const (
+	// Event schema version number defaulting to the value in S3 spec.
+	// ref: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/notification-content-structure.html
+	eventSchemaVersion = "1.0"
+
+	// Default ID found in bucket notification configuration.
+	// ref: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/notification-content-structure.html
+	eventConfigID = "Config"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Response element origin endpoint key.
+	responseOriginEndpointKey = "x-minio-origin-endpoint"
+)
+
 // Notification event server specific metadata.
 type eventMeta struct {
 	SchemaVersion   string     `json:"s3SchemaVersion"`
@@ -147,6 +158,16 @@ type eventMeta struct {
 	Object          objectMeta `json:"object"`
 }
 
+const (
+	// Event source static value defaulting to the value in S3 spec.
+	// ref: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/notification-content-structure.html
+	eventSource = "aws:s3"
+
+	// Event version number defaulting to the value in S3 spec.
+	// ref: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/notification-content-structure.html
+	eventVersion = "2.0"
+)
+
 // NotificationEvent represents an Amazon an S3 bucket notification event.
 type NotificationEvent struct {
 	EventVersion      string            `json:"eventVersion"`
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers_test.go b/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers_test.go
index 16536de51..cfc690ef7 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestBucketPolicyResourceMatch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// generates resource prefix.
 	generateResource := func(bucketName, objectName string) string {
-		return AWSResourcePrefix + bucketName + "/" + objectName
+		return bucketARNPrefix + bucketName + "/" + objectName
 	}
 
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -50,30 +50,30 @@ func TestBucketPolicyResourceMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		// Test case 1-4.
 		// Policy with resource ending with bucket/* allows access to all objects inside the given bucket.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", ""), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/*")), true},
 		// Test case - 5.
 		// Policy with resource ending with bucket/oo* should not allow access to bucket/output.txt.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "output.txt"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/oo*")), false},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "output.txt"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/oo*")), false},
 		// Test case - 6.
 		// Policy with resource ending with bucket/oo* should allow access to bucket/ootput.txt.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "ootput.txt"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/oo*")), true},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "ootput.txt"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/oo*")), true},
 		// Test case - 7.
 		// Policy with resource ending with bucket/oo* allows access to all sub-dirs starting with "oo" inside given bucket.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "oop-bucket/my-file"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/oo*")), true},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "oop-bucket/my-file"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/oo*")), true},
 		// Test case - 8.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Asia/India/1.pjg"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/Asia/Japan/*")), false},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Asia/India/1.pjg"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/Asia/Japan/*")), false},
 		// Test case - 9.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Asia/India/1.pjg"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/Asia/Japan/*")), false},
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Asia/India/1.pjg"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, "minio-bucket"+"/Asia/Japan/*")), false},
 		// Test case - 10.
 		// Proves that the name space is flat.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Africa/Bihar/India/design_info.doc/Bihar"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix,
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Africa/Bihar/India/design_info.doc/Bihar"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix,
 			"minio-bucket"+"/*/India/*/Bihar")), true},
 		// Test case - 11.
 		// Proves that the name space is flat.
-		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Asia/China/India/States/Bihar/output.txt"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix,
+		{generateResource("minio-bucket", "Asia/China/India/States/Bihar/output.txt"), generateStatement(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix,
 			"minio-bucket"+"/*/India/*/Bihar/*")), true},
 	}
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go b/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go
index da47c3d8e..1264a610c 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/pkg/set"
 )
 
-const (
-	// AWSResourcePrefix - bucket policy resource prefix.
-	AWSResourcePrefix = "arn:aws:s3:::"
-)
-
 // supportedActionMap - lists all the actions supported by minio.
 var supportedActionMap = set.CreateStringSet("*", "s3:*", "s3:GetObject",
 	"s3:ListBucket", "s3:PutObject", "s3:GetBucketLocation", "s3:DeleteObject",
@@ -111,11 +106,11 @@ func isValidResources(resources set.StringSet) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 	for resource := range resources {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(resource, AWSResourcePrefix) {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(resource, bucketARNPrefix) {
 			err = errors.New("Unsupported resource style found: ‘" + resource + "’, please validate your policy document")
 			return err
 		}
-		resourceSuffix := strings.SplitAfter(resource, AWSResourcePrefix)[1]
+		resourceSuffix := strings.SplitAfter(resource, bucketARNPrefix)[1]
 		if len(resourceSuffix) == 0 || strings.HasPrefix(resourceSuffix, "/") {
 			err = errors.New("Invalid resource style found: ‘" + resource + "’, please validate your policy document")
 			return err
@@ -236,7 +231,7 @@ func checkBucketPolicyResources(bucket string, bucketPolicy *bucketPolicy) APIEr
 	for _, statement := range bucketPolicy.Statements {
 		for action := range statement.Actions {
 			for resource := range statement.Resources {
-				resourcePrefix := strings.SplitAfter(resource, AWSResourcePrefix)[1]
+				resourcePrefix := strings.SplitAfter(resource, bucketARNPrefix)[1]
 				if _, ok := invalidPrefixActions[action]; ok {
 					// Resource prefix is not equal to bucket for
 					// prefix invalid actions, reject them.
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy-parser_test.go b/cmd/bucket-policy-parser_test.go
index e7fd82dab..522dc2c63 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy-parser_test.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy-parser_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func getReadWriteObjectStatement(bucketName, objectPrefix string) policyStatemen
 	objectResourceStatement.Principal = map[string]interface{}{
 		"AWS": "*",
 	}
-	objectResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, bucketName+"/"+objectPrefix+"*")}...)
+	objectResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, bucketName+"/"+objectPrefix+"*")}...)
 	objectResourceStatement.Actions = set.CreateStringSet(readWriteObjectActions...)
 	return objectResourceStatement
 }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func getReadWriteBucketStatement(bucketName, objectPrefix string) policyStatemen
 	bucketResourceStatement.Principal = map[string]interface{}{
 		"AWS": "*",
 	}
-	bucketResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, bucketName)}...)
+	bucketResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, bucketName)}...)
 	bucketResourceStatement.Actions = set.CreateStringSet(readWriteBucketActions...)
 	return bucketResourceStatement
 }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func getReadOnlyBucketStatement(bucketName, objectPrefix string) policyStatement
 	bucketResourceStatement.Principal = map[string]interface{}{
 		"AWS": "*",
 	}
-	bucketResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, bucketName)}...)
+	bucketResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, bucketName)}...)
 	bucketResourceStatement.Actions = set.CreateStringSet(readOnlyBucketActions...)
 	return bucketResourceStatement
 }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func getReadOnlyObjectStatement(bucketName, objectPrefix string) policyStatement
 	objectResourceStatement.Principal = map[string]interface{}{
 		"AWS": "*",
 	}
-	objectResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, bucketName+"/"+objectPrefix+"*")}...)
+	objectResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, bucketName+"/"+objectPrefix+"*")}...)
 	objectResourceStatement.Actions = set.CreateStringSet(readOnlyObjectActions...)
 	return objectResourceStatement
 }
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func getWriteOnlyBucketStatement(bucketName, objectPrefix string) policyStatemen
 	bucketResourceStatement.Principal = map[string]interface{}{
 		"AWS": "*",
 	}
-	bucketResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, bucketName)}...)
+	bucketResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, bucketName)}...)
 	bucketResourceStatement.Actions = set.CreateStringSet(writeOnlyBucketActions...)
 	return bucketResourceStatement
 }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func getWriteOnlyObjectStatement(bucketName, objectPrefix string) policyStatemen
 	objectResourceStatement.Principal = map[string]interface{}{
 		"AWS": "*",
 	}
-	objectResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", AWSResourcePrefix, bucketName+"/"+objectPrefix+"*")}...)
+	objectResourceStatement.Resources = set.CreateStringSet([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", bucketARNPrefix, bucketName+"/"+objectPrefix+"*")}...)
 	objectResourceStatement.Actions = set.CreateStringSet(writeOnlyObjectActions...)
 	return objectResourceStatement
 }
@@ -269,19 +269,19 @@ func TestIsValidResources(t *testing.T) {
 		// Empty Resources.
 		{[]string{}, errors.New("Resource list cannot be empty"), false},
 		// Test case - 2.
-		// A valid resource should have prefix "arn:aws:s3:::".
+		// A valid resource should have prefix bucketARNPrefix.
 		{[]string{"my-resource"}, errors.New("Unsupported resource style found: ‘my-resource’, please validate your policy document"), false},
 		// Test case - 3.
-		// A Valid resource should have bucket name followed by "arn:aws:s3:::".
-		{[]string{"arn:aws:s3:::"}, errors.New("Invalid resource style found: ‘arn:aws:s3:::’, please validate your policy document"), false},
+		// A Valid resource should have bucket name followed by bucketARNPrefix.
+		{[]string{bucketARNPrefix}, errors.New("Invalid resource style found: ‘arn:aws:s3:::’, please validate your policy document"), false},
 		// Test Case - 4.
-		// Valid resource shouldn't have slash('/') followed by "arn:aws:s3:::".
-		{[]string{"arn:aws:s3:::/"}, errors.New("Invalid resource style found: ‘arn:aws:s3:::/’, please validate your policy document"), false},
+		// Valid resource shouldn't have slash('/') followed by bucketARNPrefix.
+		{[]string{bucketARNPrefix + "/"}, errors.New("Invalid resource style found: ‘arn:aws:s3:::/’, please validate your policy document"), false},
 
 		// Test cases with valid Resources.
-		{[]string{"arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket"}, nil, true},
-		{[]string{"arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/Asia/*"}, nil, true},
-		{[]string{"arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/Asia/India/*"}, nil, true},
+		{[]string{bucketARNPrefix + "my-bucket"}, nil, true},
+		{[]string{bucketARNPrefix + "my-bucket/Asia/*"}, nil, true},
+		{[]string{bucketARNPrefix + "my-bucket/Asia/India/*"}, nil, true},
 	}
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		err := isValidResources(set.CreateStringSet(testCase.resources...))
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy.go b/cmd/bucket-policy.go
index 0f12aee62..9619e1c05 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Static prefix to be used while constructing bucket ARN.
+	// refer to S3 docs for more info.
+	bucketARNPrefix = "arn:" + eventSource + ":::"
+)
+
 // Variable represents bucket policies in memory.
 var globalBucketPolicies *bucketPolicies
 
diff --git a/cmd/certs.go b/cmd/certs.go
index 31896afd1..ce24bf37f 100644
--- a/cmd/certs.go
+++ b/cmd/certs.go
@@ -145,3 +145,22 @@ func parseCertificateChain(bytes []byte) ([]*x509.Certificate, error) {
 	}
 	return certs, nil
 }
+
+// loadRootCAs fetches CA files provided in minio config and adds them to globalRootCAs
+// Currently under Windows, there is no way to load system + user CAs at the same time
+func loadRootCAs() {
+	caFiles := mustGetCAFiles()
+	if len(caFiles) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	// Get system cert pool, and empty cert pool under Windows because it is not supported
+	globalRootCAs = mustGetSystemCertPool()
+	// Load custom root CAs for client requests
+	for _, caFile := range caFiles {
+		caCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			fatalIf(err, "Unable to load a CA file")
+		}
+		globalRootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCert)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/event-notifier.go b/cmd/event-notifier.go
index 1a1e63c98..85c600242 100644
--- a/cmd/event-notifier.go
+++ b/cmd/event-notifier.go
@@ -88,49 +88,76 @@ type eventData struct {
 // New notification event constructs a new notification event message from
 // input request metadata which completed successfully.
 func newNotificationEvent(event eventData) NotificationEvent {
-	/// Construct a new object created event.
+	// Fetch the region.
 	region := serverConfig.GetRegion()
-	tnow := time.Now().UTC()
-	sequencer := fmt.Sprintf("%X", tnow.UnixNano())
+
+	// Fetch the credentials.
+	creds := serverConfig.GetCredential()
+
+	// Time when Minio finished processing the request.
+	eventTime := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	// API endpoint is captured here to be returned back
+	// to the client for it to differentiate from which
+	// server the request came from.
+	var apiEndpoint string
+	if len(globalAPIEndpoints) >= 1 {
+		apiEndpoint = globalAPIEndpoints[0]
+	}
+
+	// Fetch a hexadecimal representation of event time in nano seconds.
+	uniqueID := mustGetRequestID(eventTime)
+
+	/// Construct a new object created event.
+
 	// Following blocks fills in all the necessary details of s3
 	// event message structure.
 	// http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/notification-content-structure.html
 	nEvent := NotificationEvent{
-		EventVersion:      "2.0",
-		EventSource:       "aws:s3",
+		EventVersion:      eventVersion,
+		EventSource:       eventSource,
 		AwsRegion:         region,
-		EventTime:         tnow.Format(timeFormatAMZ),
+		EventTime:         eventTime.Format(timeFormatAMZ),
 		EventName:         event.Type.String(),
-		UserIdentity:      defaultIdentity(),
+		UserIdentity:      identity{creds.AccessKey},
 		RequestParameters: event.ReqParams,
-		ResponseElements:  map[string]string{},
+		ResponseElements: map[string]string{
+			responseRequestIDKey: uniqueID,
+			// Following is a custom response element to indicate
+			// event origin server endpoint.
+			responseOriginEndpointKey: apiEndpoint,
+		},
 		S3: eventMeta{
-			SchemaVersion:   "1.0",
-			ConfigurationID: "Config",
+			SchemaVersion:   eventSchemaVersion,
+			ConfigurationID: eventConfigID,
 			Bucket: bucketMeta{
 				Name:          event.Bucket,
-				OwnerIdentity: defaultIdentity(),
-				ARN:           "arn:aws:s3:::" + event.Bucket,
+				OwnerIdentity: identity{creds.AccessKey},
+				ARN:           bucketARNPrefix + event.Bucket,
 			},
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Escape the object name. For example "red flower.jpg" becomes "red+flower.jpg".
 	escapedObj := url.QueryEscape(event.ObjInfo.Name)
+
 	// For delete object event type, we do not need to set ETag and Size.
 	if event.Type == ObjectRemovedDelete {
 		nEvent.S3.Object = objectMeta{
 			Key:       escapedObj,
-			Sequencer: sequencer,
+			Sequencer: uniqueID,
 		}
 		return nEvent
 	}
+
 	// For all other events we should set ETag and Size.
 	nEvent.S3.Object = objectMeta{
 		Key:       escapedObj,
 		ETag:      event.ObjInfo.MD5Sum,
 		Size:      event.ObjInfo.Size,
-		Sequencer: sequencer,
+		Sequencer: uniqueID,
 	}
+
 	// Success.
 	return nEvent
 }
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 3eadd1902..9f31944eb 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 
 	// Cache expiry.
 	globalCacheExpiry = objcache.DefaultExpiry
+
 	// Minio local server address (in `host:port` format)
 	globalMinioAddr = ""
 	// Minio default port, can be changed through command line.
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ var (
 	// Holds the host that was passed using --address
 	globalMinioHost = ""
 
+	// Holds the list of API endpoints for a given server.
+	globalAPIEndpoints = []string{}
+
 	// Peer communication struct
 	globalS3Peers = s3Peers{}
 
diff --git a/cmd/lock-instrument.go b/cmd/lock-instrument.go
index 0b5fea730..b11dd81e5 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-instrument.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-instrument.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -225,5 +226,13 @@ func (n *nsLockMap) deleteLockInfoEntryForOps(param nsParam, opsID string) error
 
 // Return randomly generated string ID
 func getOpsID() string {
-	return mustGetRequestID()
+	const opsIDLen = 16
+	opsIDBytes := make([]byte, opsIDLen)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(opsIDBytes); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < opsIDLen; i++ {
+		opsIDBytes[i] = alphaNumericTable[opsIDBytes[i]%alphaNumericTableLen]
+	}
+	return string(opsIDBytes)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go b/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go
index 503dc7876..d77030559 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go
@@ -228,6 +228,25 @@ func verifyLockState(l lockStateCase, t *testing.T, testNum int) {
 	verifyLockStats(l, t, testNum)
 }
 
+func TestGetOpsID(t *testing.T) {
+	// Ensure that it returns an alphanumeric result of length 16.
+	var id = getOpsID()
+
+	if len(id) != 16 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	var e rune
+	for _, char := range id {
+		e = rune(char)
+
+		// Ensure that it is alphanumeric, in this case, between 0-9 and A-Z.
+		if !(('0' <= e && e <= '9') || ('A' <= e && e <= 'Z')) {
+			t.Fail()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestNewDebugLockInfoPerVolumePath -  Validates the values initialized by newDebugLockInfoPerVolumePath().
 func TestNewDebugLockInfoPerVolumePath(t *testing.T) {
 	lockInfo := &debugLockInfoPerVolumePath{
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 23ba3cac1..36436ead2 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -129,69 +127,6 @@ func parseStorageEndpoints(eps []string) (endpoints []*url.URL, err error) {
 	return endpoints, nil
 }
 
-// getListenIPs - gets all the ips to listen on.
-func getListenIPs(serverAddr string) (hosts []string, port string, err error) {
-	var host string
-	host, port, err = net.SplitHostPort(serverAddr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, port, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse host address %s", err)
-	}
-	if host == "" {
-		var ipv4s []net.IP
-		ipv4s, err = getInterfaceIPv4s()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, port, fmt.Errorf("Unable reverse sorted ips from hosts %s", err)
-		}
-		for _, ip := range ipv4s {
-			hosts = append(hosts, ip.String())
-		}
-		return hosts, port, nil
-	} // if host != "" {
-	// Proceed to append itself, since user requested a specific endpoint.
-	hosts = append(hosts, host)
-	return hosts, port, nil
-}
-
-// Finalizes the endpoints based on the host list and port.
-func finalizeEndpoints(tls bool, apiServer *http.Server) (endPoints []string) {
-	// Verify current scheme.
-	scheme := "http"
-	if tls {
-		scheme = "https"
-	}
-
-	// Get list of listen ips and port.
-	hosts, port, err := getListenIPs(apiServer.Addr)
-	fatalIf(err, "Unable to get list of ips to listen on")
-
-	// Construct proper endpoints.
-	for _, host := range hosts {
-		endPoints = append(endPoints, fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s", scheme, host, port))
-	}
-
-	// Success.
-	return endPoints
-}
-
-// loadRootCAs fetches CA files provided in minio config and adds them to globalRootCAs
-// Currently under Windows, there is no way to load system + user CAs at the same time
-func loadRootCAs() {
-	caFiles := mustGetCAFiles()
-	if len(caFiles) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-	// Get system cert pool, and empty cert pool under Windows because it is not supported
-	globalRootCAs = mustGetSystemCertPool()
-	// Load custom root CAs for client requests
-	for _, caFile := range mustGetCAFiles() {
-		caCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			fatalIf(err, "Unable to load a CA file")
-		}
-		globalRootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCert)
-	}
-}
-
 // initServerConfig initialize server config.
 func initServerConfig(c *cli.Context) {
 	// Create certs path.
@@ -430,6 +365,9 @@ func serverMain(c *cli.Context) {
 		fatalIf(errInvalidArgument, "None of the disks passed as command line args are local to this server.")
 	}
 
+	// Is TLS configured?.
+	tls := isSSL()
+
 	// Sort endpoints for consistent ordering across multiple
 	// nodes in a distributed setup. This is to avoid format.json
 	// corruption if the disks aren't supplied in the same order
@@ -473,15 +411,15 @@ func serverMain(c *cli.Context) {
 	// Initialize a new HTTP server.
 	apiServer := NewServerMux(serverAddr, handler)
 
-	// If https.
-	tls := isSSL()
-
-	// Fetch endpoints which we are going to serve from.
-	endPoints := finalizeEndpoints(tls, apiServer.Server)
-
-	// Initialize local server address
+	// Set the global minio addr for this server.
 	globalMinioAddr = getLocalAddress(srvConfig)
 
+	// Determine API endpoints where we are going to serve the S3 API from.
+	apiEndPoints := finalizeAPIEndpoints(tls, apiServer.Server)
+
+	// Set the global API endpoints value.
+	globalAPIEndpoints = apiEndPoints
+
 	// Initialize S3 Peers inter-node communication
 	initGlobalS3Peers(endpoints)
 
@@ -512,7 +450,7 @@ func serverMain(c *cli.Context) {
 	globalObjLayerMutex.Unlock()
 
 	// Prints the formatted startup message once object layer is initialized.
-	printStartupMessage(endPoints)
+	printStartupMessage(apiEndPoints)
 
 	// Waits on the server.
 	<-globalServiceDoneCh
diff --git a/cmd/server-main_test.go b/cmd/server-main_test.go
index d666d31c9..3c64d6880 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestGetListenIPs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestFinalizeEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
+func TestFinalizeAPIEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		tls  bool
 		addr string
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestFinalizeEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range testCases {
-		endPoints := finalizeEndpoints(test.tls, &http.Server{Addr: test.addr})
+		endPoints := finalizeAPIEndpoints(test.tls, &http.Server{Addr: test.addr})
 		if len(endPoints) <= 0 {
 			t.Errorf("Test case %d returned with no API end points for %s",
 				i+1, test.addr)
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-msg.go b/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
index 720ede6c7..af2fbae25 100644
--- a/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2016 Minio, Inc.
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2016, 2017 Minio, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,20 +43,30 @@ func getFormatStr(strLen int, padding int) string {
 }
 
 // Prints the formatted startup message.
-func printStartupMessage(endPoints []string) {
+func printStartupMessage(apiEndPoints []string) {
 	// If quiet flag is set do not print startup message.
 	if globalQuiet {
 		return
 	}
-	printServerCommonMsg(endPoints)
-	printCLIAccessMsg(endPoints[0])
+
+	// Prints credential, region and browser access.
+	printServerCommonMsg(apiEndPoints)
+
+	// Prints `mc` cli configuration message chooses
+	// first endpoint as default.
+	printCLIAccessMsg(apiEndPoints[0])
+
+	// Prints documentation message.
 	printObjectAPIMsg()
 
+	// Object layer is initialized then print StorageInfo.
 	objAPI := newObjectLayerFn()
 	if objAPI != nil {
 		printStorageInfo(objAPI.StorageInfo())
 	}
 
+	// SSL is configured reads certification chain, prints
+	// authority and expiry.
 	if isSSL() {
 		certs, err := readCertificateChain()
 		fatalIf(err, "Unable to read certificate chain.")
@@ -65,23 +75,23 @@ func printStartupMessage(endPoints []string) {
 }
 
 // Prints common server startup message. Prints credential, region and browser access.
-func printServerCommonMsg(endPoints []string) {
+func printServerCommonMsg(apiEndpoints []string) {
 	// Get saved credentials.
 	cred := serverConfig.GetCredential()
 
 	// Get saved region.
 	region := serverConfig.GetRegion()
 
-	endPointStr := strings.Join(endPoints, "  ")
+	apiEndpointStr := strings.Join(apiEndpoints, "  ")
 	// Colorize the message and print.
-	console.Println(colorBlue("\nEndpoint: ") + colorBold(fmt.Sprintf(getFormatStr(len(endPointStr), 1), endPointStr)))
+	console.Println(colorBlue("\nEndpoint: ") + colorBold(fmt.Sprintf(getFormatStr(len(apiEndpointStr), 1), apiEndpointStr)))
 	console.Println(colorBlue("AccessKey: ") + colorBold(fmt.Sprintf("%s ", cred.AccessKey)))
 	console.Println(colorBlue("SecretKey: ") + colorBold(fmt.Sprintf("%s ", cred.SecretKey)))
 	console.Println(colorBlue("Region: ") + colorBold(fmt.Sprintf(getFormatStr(len(region), 3), region)))
 	printEventNotifiers()
 
 	console.Println(colorBlue("\nBrowser Access:"))
-	console.Println(fmt.Sprintf(getFormatStr(len(endPointStr), 3), endPointStr))
+	console.Println(fmt.Sprintf(getFormatStr(len(apiEndpointStr), 3), apiEndpointStr))
 }
 
 // Prints bucket notification configurations.
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go b/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
index 4a291546d..1a219858c 100644
--- a/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
@@ -94,3 +94,39 @@ func TestCertificateNotExpired(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected empty message was: %s", msg)
 	}
 }
+
+// Test printing server common message.
+func TestPrintServerCommonMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	root, err := newTestConfig("us-east-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer removeAll(root)
+
+	apiEndpoints := []string{"127.0.0.1:9000"}
+	printServerCommonMsg(apiEndpoints)
+}
+
+// Tests print cli access message.
+func TestPrintCLIAccessMsg(t *testing.T) {
+	root, err := newTestConfig("us-east-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer removeAll(root)
+
+	apiEndpoints := []string{"127.0.0.1:9000"}
+	printCLIAccessMsg(apiEndpoints[0])
+}
+
+// Test print startup message.
+func TestPrintStartupMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	root, err := newTestConfig("us-east-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer removeAll(root)
+
+	apiEndpoints := []string{"127.0.0.1:9000"}
+	printStartupMessage(apiEndpoints)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-utils.go b/cmd/server-startup-utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa884f934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2016, 2017 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// getListenIPs - gets all the ips to listen on.
+func getListenIPs(serverAddr string) (hosts []string, port string, err error) {
+	var host string
+	host, port, err = net.SplitHostPort(serverAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, port, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse host address %s", err)
+	}
+	if host == "" {
+		var ipv4s []net.IP
+		ipv4s, err = getInterfaceIPv4s()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, port, fmt.Errorf("Unable reverse sort ips from hosts %s", err)
+		}
+		for _, ip := range ipv4s {
+			hosts = append(hosts, ip.String())
+		}
+		return hosts, port, nil
+	} // if host != "" {
+	// Proceed to append itself, since user requested a specific endpoint.
+	hosts = append(hosts, host)
+	return hosts, port, nil
+}
+
+// Finalizes the API endpoints based on the host list and port.
+func finalizeAPIEndpoints(tls bool, apiServer *http.Server) (endPoints []string) {
+	// Verify current scheme.
+	scheme := "http"
+	if tls {
+		scheme = "https"
+	}
+
+	// Get list of listen ips and port.
+	hosts, port, err := getListenIPs(apiServer.Addr)
+	fatalIf(err, "Unable to get list of ips to listen on")
+
+	// Construct proper endpoints.
+	for _, host := range hosts {
+		endPoints = append(endPoints, fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s", scheme, host, port))
+	}
+
+	// Success.
+	return endPoints
+}
diff --git a/cmd/web-handlers_test.go b/cmd/web-handlers_test.go
index 057b28999..e793d202c 100644
--- a/cmd/web-handlers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/web-handlers_test.go
@@ -948,14 +948,14 @@ func testWebGetBucketPolicyHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t TestE
 				Actions:   set.CreateStringSet("s3:GetBucketLocation", "s3:ListBucket"),
 				Effect:    "Allow",
 				Principal: map[string][]string{"AWS": {"*"}},
-				Resources: set.CreateStringSet("arn:aws:s3:::" + bucketName),
+				Resources: set.CreateStringSet(bucketARNPrefix + bucketName),
 				Sid:       "",
 			},
 			{
 				Actions:   set.CreateStringSet("s3:GetObject"),
 				Effect:    "Allow",
 				Principal: map[string][]string{"AWS": {"*"}},
-				Resources: set.CreateStringSet("arn:aws:s3:::" + bucketName + "/*"),
+				Resources: set.CreateStringSet(bucketARNPrefix + bucketName + "/*"),
 				Sid:       "",
 			},
 		},
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ func testWebListAllBucketPoliciesHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t
 				Actions:   set.CreateStringSet("s3:GetBucketLocation"),
 				Effect:    "Allow",
 				Principal: map[string][]string{"AWS": {"*"}},
-				Resources: set.CreateStringSet("arn:aws:s3:::" + bucketName),
+				Resources: set.CreateStringSet(bucketARNPrefix + bucketName),
 				Sid:       "",
 			},
 			{
@@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ func testWebListAllBucketPoliciesHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t
 				},
 				Effect:    "Allow",
 				Principal: map[string][]string{"AWS": {"*"}},
-				Resources: set.CreateStringSet("arn:aws:s3:::" + bucketName),
+				Resources: set.CreateStringSet(bucketARNPrefix + bucketName),
 				Sid:       "",
 			},
 			{
 				Actions:   set.CreateStringSet("s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads"),
 				Effect:    "Allow",
 				Principal: map[string][]string{"AWS": {"*"}},
-				Resources: set.CreateStringSet("arn:aws:s3:::" + bucketName),
+				Resources: set.CreateStringSet(bucketARNPrefix + bucketName),
 				Sid:       "",
 			},
 			{
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ func testWebListAllBucketPoliciesHandler(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t
 					"s3:GetObject", "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts", "s3:PutObject"),
 				Effect:    "Allow",
 				Principal: map[string][]string{"AWS": {"*"}},
-				Resources: set.CreateStringSet("arn:aws:s3:::" + bucketName + "/hello*"),
+				Resources: set.CreateStringSet(bucketARNPrefix + bucketName + "/hello*"),
 				Sid:       "",
 			},
 		},