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:

The following topics are covered in this section:


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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