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Nirvana Enterprise Manager - SSL Interfaces

Introduction

Nirvana supports ssl encryption by providing 2 ssl enabled protocols. These protocols enable clients to connect to a Nirvana Realm Server running a specific protocol on a port using all or specific physical network interfaces.

Defining an ssl enabled interface ensures that clients wishing to connect to a Realm Server can do so only after presenting the correct SSL credentials and authenticating with the server.

SSL authentication occurs within the Nirvana handshake which uses the JVMs JSSE provider. This ensures that any unauthorised connections are SSL authenticated prior to any Nirvana specific operations can be performed.

Creating an ssl enabled interface is the same as creating a non-ssl interface except there are a number of ssl related attributes in addition to the basic attributes.

For information on how to create an ssl interface using the Nirvana enterprise manager, please see the Nirvana FAQ.