IBM Key Management Utility (iKeyman)

IBM Key Management Utility (iKeyman) is a component of the IBM SDK that generates keys, certification requests, and self-signed certificates.

You can use iKeyman to create certificates to secure communications, and to encrypt and decrypt data. In a secure transfer using SSL, certificates provide an added level of security.

With Sterling B2B Integrator V5.2.6.3 or later, you can use iKeyman to create key certificates, which is a combination of an ASCII-encoded certificate and an ASCII-encoded PKCS12 encrypted private key. If you generate key certificates using the standard format (default) with certain ciphers, the output certificate will error when imported into Sterling B2B Integrator. PKCS12 is the recommended format for the key certificates.

You can also use iKeyman to create Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), a file that can be sent by e-mail to a certificate authority to request a signed certificate. To use iKeyman to generate a CSR in Sterling B2B Integrator V5.2.6.2 or earlier, see this IBM Technote (FAQ) for more information. You can also use a third-party tool, such as OpenSSL, to generate a CSR for use with Sterling B2B Integrator.

For more information about configuring and using iKeyman, see iKeyman Overview for IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.0.0