Secure Sockets Layer administration

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a popular security scheme that allows the PC client to authenticate the server and encrypts all data and requests.

Use SSL when transferring sensitive data between clients and servers. The transfer of credit card and bank statement information are examples of client/server transactions that typically take advantage of SSL. There is an increased cost in performance with SSL because of the added encryption and decryption processing.

iSeries™ Access for Windows^® includes optionally-installable support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and a way to manage key databases with IBM Key Management. All functions of iSeries Access for Windows can communicate over SSL except Incoming Remote Command. iSeries Access for Windows allows SSL communications with the iSeries server at the 128-bit, or higher, level of encryption.

Note:

Client authentication is available for PC5250.
Both 32-bit and 64-bit SSL support are installed on the client, when the SSL component is installed on a 64-bit Windows operating system.

To configure SSL, see the topic collection at Networking > Networking security > Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) .