Securing communications

WebSphere Application Server provides several functions for securing 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 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.