Operating Systems: i5/OS
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Securing communications

 

WebSphere Application Server provides several methods to secure communication between a server and a client.

 

Overview

The following topics are covered in this section:

 

Procedure




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Secure communications using Secure Sockets Layer

Creating a Secure Sockets Layer configuration

Creating a keystore configuration

Creating a self-signed certificate

Creating a certificate authority request

Extracting a signer certificate from a personal certificate

Retrieving signers from a remote SSL port

Adding a signer certificate to a keystore

Exchanging signer certificates

Configuring certificate expiration monitoring

Key management for cryptographic uses

Creating a key set configuration

Creating a key set group configuration