WebSphere MQ SSL support
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) concepts provides a description of SSL, which is an industry standard protocol for transmitting secure data over an insecure network. WebSphere MQ supports SSL V3.0 as follows:
For information about the prerequisites for WebSphere MQ SSL support, refer to the appropriate book for your platform:
- i5/OS
- SSL support is integral to the i5/OS operating system.
- Java™ and JMS clients
- These clients use the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) to provide SSL support. We can find more information about JSSE at http://www.java.sun.com/products/jsse
- Windows and UNIX systems
- For all the UNIX and Windows systems, the SSL support is installed with WebSphere MQ.
- z/OS
- SSL support is integral to the z/OS operating system. Note that the SSL support on z/OS is known as System SSL.
- WebSphere MQ for AIX Quick Beginnings
- WebSphere MQ for HP-UX Quick Beginnings
- WebSphere MQ for iSeries™ Quick Beginnings
- WebSphere MQ Using Java
- WebSphere MQ for Linux Quick Beginnings
- WebSphere MQ for Solaris Quick Beginnings
- WebSphere MQ for Windows Quick Beginnings
- WebSphere MQ for z/OS Concepts and Planning Guide
This chapter describes the provisions in WebSphere MQ that enable you to use and control the SSL support:
- Channel attributes
- Channel status attributes
- Queue manager attributes
- The authentication information object (AUTHINFO)
- The SSL key repository
- WebSphere MQ client considerations
- Working with WebSphere MQ internet pass-thru (IPT)
- Support for cryptographic hardware
- Channel attributes
- Channel status attributes
- Queue manager attributes
- The authentication information object (AUTHINFO)
- The SSL key repository
- Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
- WebSphere MQ client considerations
- Working with WebSphere MQ internet pass-thru (IPT)
- Support for cryptographic hardware
Parent topic:
WebSphere MQ security provisions
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