Configuring The Access Gateway For Ssl And Other Security Features; Using Ssl On The Access Gateway Communication Channels; Section 3.1, "Using Ssl On The Access Gateway Communication Channels - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - ACCESS GATEWAY GUIDE 2010 Manual

Configuring the Access Gateway
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for SSL and Other Security
Features
This section describes how the Access Gateway can use SSL in its interactions with other Access
Manager components, how you can enable SSL between an Access Gateway and these components,
and how you can use other options to increase security:
Section 3.1, "Using SSL on the Access Gateway Communication Channels," on page 109
Section 3.2, "Prerequisites for SSL," on page 110
Section 3.3, "Configuring SSL Communication with the Browsers and the Identity Server," on
page 112
Section 3.4, "Configuring SSL between the Proxy Service and the Web Servers," on page 115
Section 3.5, "Enabling Secure Cookies," on page 117
Section 3.6, "Managing Access Gateway Certificates," on page 119
3.1 Using SSL on the Access Gateway
Communication Channels
You can configure the Access Gateway to use SSL in its connections to the Identity Server, to the
browsers, and to its Web servers.
Setting Up SSL for the Access Gateway Communication Channels
Figure 3-1
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Browser
This section only describes how to set up SSL for the Access Gateway communication channels.
The Identity Server needs to be configured for SSL before the Access Gateway can be configured
for SSL. See "Configuring Secure Communication on the Identity
Manager 3.1 SP2 Setup Guide.
Figure 3-1 illustrates these communication channels.
Identity Server
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Access Gateway

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