Tune, hardening, and maintaining

After installing WebSphere Application Server, there are several considerations for tuning, strengthening, and maintaining your security configuration.

Overview

Procedure

• Tuning security configurations You can tune you security configuration to balance performance with function. You can achieve this balance following considerations for tuning general security, Common Secure Interoperability version 2 (CSIv2), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication, Web authentication, and authorization. For more information on tuning security, see Tuning security configurations.

• Hardening security configurations Several methods exist used to to protect your infrastructure and applications from different forms of attack. For more information on hardening your security, see Hardening security configurations.

• Securing passwords in files Password encryption and encoding can add protect to passwords existing in files. For more information on encoding and encrypting passwords, see Securing passwords in files.