WAS v8.5 > Secure applications

Secure communications

WebSphere Application Server provides several methods to secure communication between a server and a client. Note: WAS provides several methods for securing communication between a server and a client. New in this release are functions that ensure secure communication between a server and a client. These functions focus on certificate management, authentication, and ensuring trust among the application server, administrative agent, and job manager. The new functions include:

• Creating and using a certificate authority (CA) clients to enable a CA to request, query, and revoke certificates.
• Creating and using chained personal certificates to allow a certificate to be signed with a longer life span.
• Creating and revoking certificate authority (CA) certificates to ensure secure communication between the CA client and the CA server.

The following topics are covered in this section:

• Secure communications using Secure Sockets Layer
• Creating an SSL configuration
• Creating a keystore configuration
• Creating a certificate authority (CA) client
• Deleting a certificate authority (CA) client
• Viewing or Modifying a certificate authority (CA) client
• Creating a keystore configuration for a preexisting keystore file
• 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

• Adding a signer certificate to the default signers keystore
• Exchanging signer certificates in a keystore
• Configuring certificate expiration monitoring
• Key management for cryptographic uses
• Creating a key set configuration
• Creating a key set group configuration
• Configuring the web server plug-in for Secure Sockets Layer

Subtopics

1. Key management for cryptographic uses
2. Configure the web server plug-in for Secure Sockets Layer
3. Secure communications using SSL
4. Add a signer certificate to the default signers keystore
5. Create a CA client in SSL
6. Delete a CA client in SSL
7. View or modify a CA client in SSL
8. Add a signer certificate to a keystore
9. Configure certificate expiration monitoring
10. Create a keystore configuration for a preexisting keystore file
11. Create an SSL configuration
12. Create a key set group configuration
13. Create a key set configuration
14. Create a certificate authority request
15. Create a self-signed certificate
16. Exchanging signer certificates
17. Extracting a signer certificate from a personal certificate
18. Retrieving signers from a remote SSL port

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