WebSphere® Application Server provides several
methods to secure communication between a server and a client.
About this task
Note: WebSphere Application Server provides several
methods for securing communication between a server and a client.
New in this release are functions that ensure secure communication
between a server and a client. These functions focus on certificate
management, authentication, and ensuring trust among the application
server, administrative agent, and job manager. The new functions include:
- Creating and using a certificate authority (CA) clients to enable
a CA to request, query, and revoke certificates.
- Creating and using chained personal certificates to allow a certificate
to be signed with a longer life span.
- Creating and revoking certificate authority (CA) certificates
to ensure secure communication between the CA client and the CA server.
Allowing the WebSphere Application
Server administrator to create, configure, and enable System Authorization
Facility (SAF) keyrings by utilizing the (Open Cryptographic Services
Facility) OCSF Data library functions for SAF keyrings.
The following topics are covered in this section: