Portal, V6.1
Configure SSL
Secure socket layers (SSL) encrypt traffic between the client browser and the server to secure information exchanged over the network between the browser and IBM WebSphere Portal. You will need to configure your environment for SSL to activate this additional security feature.
Perform the following tasks to configure SSL:
- Set up SSL
This section describes the overall tasks that are required to configure SSL for IBM WebSphere Portal. Some of these tasks are performed on the IBM WAS and the Web server. The steps that refer to the WAS and the Web server are summarized here; you should refer to the WAS and the Web server documentation for detailed information. Steps that are unique to WebSphere Portal are described in detail here.- Configure SSL only for the login process
This topic provides two methods to secure only the login process over SSL.- Set up Client Certificate Authentication
This section describes the steps that are necessary to configure IBM WebSphere Portal for SSL client certificate authentication. The supported scenario is a "client certificate only" setup that switches completely to this authentication method and does not allow form-based login via username and password. Other configuration scenarios are possible, but are neither recommended nor supported.
Parent topic
Configure additional security features