With Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration repertoire,
administrators can define any number of SSL settings that can be used
to make HyperText Transport Protocol SSL (HTTPS), Internet Inter-ORB
Protocol SSL (IIOPS) or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol SSL
(LDAPS) connections.
Using the SSL configuration repertoire, you can pick one of the
SSL settings defined here from any location within the administrative
console which allows SSL connections. This simplifies the SSL configuration
process since you can reuse many of these SSL configurations by simply
specifying the alias in multiple places. The appropriate repertoire
is referenced during the configuration of a service that sends and
receives requests encrypted using SSL, such as the web and enterprise
beans containers. Before deleting SSL configurations from the repertoire,
remember that if an SSL configuration alias is referenced somewhere,
and it is deleted here, an SSL connection will fail if the deleted
alias is accessed.
Note: You can also create an alias,
but first you must create an SSL configuration repertoire alias or
entry. You can then select the alias later when a component is configured
for SSL support.
If you choose to use SSL, Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) is
the SSL repertoire type used. An exception to this is that System
SSL (SSSL) is the SSL repertoire type used by the Daemon Address Space
as the daemon runs without a JVM, but JSSE is only supported in Java.