Securing the Self-Service Portal
After you complete the base installation of the Self-Service Portal, you should complete some additional tasks to ensure that the portal is secure. These tasks are as follows.
Configure SSL for the Self-Service Portal
As a best practice, you should always configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) on the Self-Service Portal. Depending on how you are using the portal, the SSL certificate can either be issued by a publicly trusted certificate authority or from a certificate authority that is part of your organization’s internal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Enable Integrated Windows Authentication
By default, the Self-Service Portal uses forms-based authentication (FBA) to control access to the website. When logging ...
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