Tune security

 

Use the following procedures to tune the performance, without compromising your security settings.

 

Overview

Enabling security decreases performance. The following tuning parameters provide ways to minimize this performance impact.

 

Procedure

Disable security on any appservers that do not need security. You can disable security in the console by clicking Security > Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure and deselecting the Enable administrative security option.
• Fine-tune the Authentication cache timeout value on the Authentication mechanisms and expiration panel in the administrative console. For more information, see the Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure settings topic.

• Configure the security cache properties. For more information, see the Security cache properties topic.

• Enable the Enable SSL ID tracking option on the Session management panel in the console. For more information, see the Session management settings topic.

• Improve the performance of Web services security by downloading a Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) unlimited jurisdiction policy file that does not have restrictions on cryptography strength. For more information, see the Tuning Web services security for V6.1 applications topic.

• Read the Secure Sockets Layer performance tips and Tuning security configurations topics for more information.

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Related tasks

Tuning security configurations