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 WebSphere Portal. You will need to configure environment for SSL to activate this additional security feature.
Perform the following tasks to configure SSL:
1. Set up SSL
Get an overview of the 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.
2. Configure SSL only for the login process
You can encrypt only the login process to IBM WebSphere Portal and then allow subsequent requests via HTTP.
3. Set up Client Certificate Authentication
View the steps required 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.
4. Cryptographic hardware for SSL acceleration
If the portal environment makes extensive use of SSL, you might choose to use cryptographic hardware to offload encryption and improve performance. WebSphere Portal tolerates interfacing through WAS with cryptographic hardware for SSL acceleration. However, the tasks involved in setting up and configuring cryptographic hardware are generally specific to Web servers or WAS and do not necessarily involve configuring WebSphere Portal.
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