When working with policy sets in the administrative console,
you can customize policies to ensure message security by configuring
the SSL transport policy.
Before you begin
The default policy sets provided with the product cannot be
edited. To configure custom policy sets, you must first copy the default
policy set or create a completely new policy set in order to specify
the policies for it. See creating policy sets using the administrative
console.
About this task
The SSL transport policy provides the SSL transport security
for the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) protocol with web services
applications. To view the default SSL transport policy set with the
SSL transport policy, click .
Procedure
- To edit the SSL transport policy, click a policy set that
you have created or customized from the default. Select the SSL transport
policy applicable check boxes to enable the SSL functions.
The
following check boxes determine how SSL security is configured for
this transport:
- Enable for outbound service requests
Displays
whether the SSL security transport is enabled for outbound service
requests.
- Enable for outbound asynchronous service responses
Displays
whether the SSL security transport is enabled for outbound asynchronous
service responses.
- Enable for inbound service responses
Displays
whether the SSL security transport is enabled for inbound service
responses.
- To configure the binding for the SSL transport policy,
click > binding_name > SSL
transport or > binding_name > SSL
transport. Select the setting to configure the SSL bindings.
The SSL transport window displays options for configuring the
SSL security bindings.
- Select the setting to configure the SSL bindings for
the Outbound service requests.
- SSL settings
Specifies the SSL security
transport binding that is enabled for outbound service requests. The
default value for this field is CellDefaultSSLSettings.
- SSL properties file path
Specifies
the path of the SSL properties file that is enabled for asynchronous
service responses. Enter the location of the SSL properties file to
enable for asynchronous service responses.
- Select the setting to configure the SSL bindings for
the Inbound service responses.
- SSL settings
Specifies the SSL security
transport binding that is enabled for inbound service responses. The
default value for this field is CellDefaultSSLSettings.
- SSL properties file path
Specifies
the path of the SSL properties file that is enabled for inbound service
responses. Enter the location of the SSL properties file to enable
for inbound service responses.
- Select the setting to configure the SSL bindings for
the Outbound asynchronous service responses.
- SSL settings
Specifies the SSL security
transport binding that is enabled for asynchronous service responses.
The default value for this field is CellDefaultSSLSettings.
- SSL properties file path
Specifies the
file path of the SSL properties file that is enabled for outbound
service requests. Enter the location of the SSL properties file to
enable for outbound service requests.
Custom properties
Click
one of the following buttons to enable the action described:
Button |
Resulting Action |
New |
Creates a new custom property entry. To add a custom property,
enter the name and value. |
Delete |
Removes the selected custom property. |
Edit |
Enables you to edit a selected custom property. It is only
displayed when one or more properties exist. |
Results
Once you have customized the SSL transport policy, the
associated policy set uses this policy to protect message transmission.
Similarly, you can also configure HTTP transport with the HTTP transport
policy. Read about configuring the HTTP transport policy to learn
how to configure the HTTP transport with the HTTP transport policy.
What to do next
Depending on how you are using policies, you might want
to configure the HTTP transport policy or the SSL transport security
bindings.