Secure Socket Layer
To configure to enable SSL...
- The Web server is configured to accept inbound SSL traffic on a port.
- The WAS plugin for the Web server is configured to forward traffic on that port to WAS and WebSphere Portal.
- WebSphere Portal is set up to generate self-referencing URLs using SSL as the transport.
This procedure might be slightly different if a front-end security proxy server such as Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL is used. In that case, the front-end security server handles the client SSL connections. The Web server receives connections from the front-end security proxy server. Mutually authenticated SSL could be configured in the Web server and the front-end security proxy server if needed.
Parent topic
Security and authentication considerations