10.8. Configuring SSL
The SSL implementation used by the application server is the IBM Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE). The JSSE is a set of Java packages that enable secure Internet communications. It implements a Java version of the SSL and TLS protocols and includes functionality for data encryption, server authentication, message integrity and client authentication. Configuring JSSE is very similar to configuring most other SSL implementations (for example, GSKit); however, a few differences are worth noting.
JSSE allows both signer and personal certificates to be stored in an SSL key file, but it also allows a separate file, called a trust file, to be specified. A trust file can contain only signer certificates. Therefore, all personal ...
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