Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Configuring 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 Express. You will need to configure your environment for SSL to activate this additional security feature.

• Set up SSL
  This section describes the overall tasks that are required to configure SSL for IBM WebSphere Portal Express. Some of these tasks are performed on the IBM WebSphere Application Server and the Web server. The steps that refer to the WebSphere Application Server and the Web server are summarized here; you should refer to the WebSphere Application Server and the Web server documentation for more detailed information. Steps that are unique to WebSphere Portal Express are described in detail here.
• Configuring 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 Express 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.