Set up security

WAS v8.5 > Secure applications
Set up security

By default, administrative security is enabled and provides...

Authentication of users using administration functions
Use of SSL
Choice of user account repository

The following information is covered in this section:

Determine if any migration issues might affect the installation.
Prepare the environment before and after installing WAS.
Enable security for application servers
Authenticate users.

We can use the following permissions to enhance security:

Permission Description
getSSLConfig Give application code the ability to call several of the JSSEHelper methods.
AdminPermission Give application code the ability to call WAS administrative APIs.
accessRuntimeClasses Give application code the ability to load classes that are included with the product. If we are operating in an environment that normally restricts access to these classes, this permission enables the application code to bypass this restriction during class loading.

Related concepts:

Multiple security domains

Related

Configure multiple security domains
Set Java 2 security permissions

Reference:

Global security settings

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Permission	Description
getSSLConfig	Give application code the ability to call several of the JSSEHelper methods.
AdminPermission	Give application code the ability to call WAS administrative APIs.
accessRuntimeClasses	Give application code the ability to load classes that are included with the product. If we are operating in an environment that normally restricts access to these classes, this permission enables the application code to bypass this restriction during class loading.