Configuring outbound transports

Before you begin

Outbound transports refers to the transport used to connect to a downstream server. When you configure the outbound transport, consider the transports that the downstream servers support. If you are considering Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), also consider including the signers of the downstream servers in this server truststore file for the handshake to succeed. When you select an SSL configuration, that configuration points to keystore and truststore keyrings and keystore and truststore files that contain the necessary signers. If you configured client certificate authentication for this server in the Security > Authentication Protocols > CSIv2 Outbound Authentication panel, then the downstream servers contain the signer certificate belonging to the server personal certificate.

Why and when to perform this task

Complete the following steps to configure the Outbound Transport panels.

Steps for this task

  1. Select the type of transport and the SSL settings by clicking Security > Authentication Protocol > CSIv2 Outbound Transport panel. By selecting the type of transport, you are choosing the transport to use when connecting to downstream servers. The downstream servers support the transport that you choose. If you choose SSL-Supported, the transport used is negotiated during the connection. If both the client and server support SSL, always choose SSL-Supported unless the request is considered a special request that does not require SSL, such as if an object request broker (ORB) is a request.
  2. Pick the SSL settings that correspond to an SSL transport. Click Security > SSL. Verify that the keyring file in the selected SSL configuration contains the signers for any downstream servers. Also, verify that the downstream servers contain the server signer certificates when outbound client certificate authentication is used.

Results

The outbound transport configuration is complete.

Example

What to do next

When you finish configuring security, perform the following steps to save, synchronize, and restart the servers.

Related reference
Common secure interoperability transport outbound settings



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 9:56:50 PM CDT    WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, Version 5.0.2
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