Administration Tool: Cipher Suites

Panel Description

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Note: Cipher Suites are only available in builds that include Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
To access the Cipher Suites screen, the Secure Service must be enabled.

Purpose

A cipher suite is a set of encryption algorithms to protect data exchanged between the client browser and the server. The server chooses from enabled cipher suites when negotiating a secure connection to a client -- making the choice based on which authentication schemes are enabled, and which enabled cipher suites the server and client have in common.

The Ciphers panel enables you to choose which cipher suites to enable in your server.

Location of panel in Administration Tool:

Log In	-->		Secure Web Service	-->	Manage	-->	Security
							\|_ Ciphers

Fields

Available Cipher Suites
Lists the ciphers that you can enable in your server.

Buttons

Save
Writes your changes to Java Web Server^(TM) and changes the settings.

Revert
Returns to the last saved settings for all fields in the screen. Use this button to undo changes you have not yet saved.

Defaults
Displays the settings that were active when you entered the Java Web Server Ciphers Suite page.

Procedures

To Enable a Cipher Suite

To Disable a Cipher Suite

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