Securing Your Synchronizer System; Security Administration; Securing Communication With The Ldap Server; Securing Communication Between The Groupwise Connector And The Groupwise - Novell DATA SYNCHRONIZER - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 07-2010 Administration Manual

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Section 5.1, "Security Administration," on page 43
Section 5.2, "Security Policies," on page 46

5.1 Security Administration

Section 5.1.1, "Securing Communication with the LDAP Server," on page 43
Section 5.1.2, "Securing Communication between the GroupWise Connector and the
GroupWise POA," on page 43
Section 5.1.3, "Securing Communication between the Mobility Connector and Mobile
Devices," on page 43
Section 5.1.4, "Selecting a Specific Version of SSL," on page 46

5.1.1 Securing Communication with the LDAP Server

If your GroupWise system is configured to use LDAP authentication when users access their
GroupWise mailboxes, then your LDAP server is already set up for a secure SSL LDAP connection
with your Synchronizer system. If you are not yet using LDAP authentication in your GroupWise
system, but you want to use secure LDAP for communication with your Synchronizer system, the
GroupWise documentation provides information to help you set this up. See
Certificates and LDAP Authentication" in
Administration Guide.
You can enable and disable SSL for the LDAP connection on the Global Settings page in
Synchronizer Web Admin.
5.1.2 Securing Communication between the GroupWise
Connector and the GroupWise POA
The GroupWise Connector communicates with the GroupWise POA as a SOAP client. In order to
secure communication between the GroupWise Connector and the GroupWise POA, the POA must
be configured for secure SSL SOAP, as described in
Agent" in the GroupWise 8 Administration
You can enable and disable SSL for the SOAP connection on the GroupWise Connector
Configuration page in Synchronizer Web Admin. In the GroupWise POA SOAP URL field, use
for a non-secure connection and
5.1.3 Securing Communication between the Mobility
Connector and Mobile Devices
"Working with Self-Signed Certificates" on page 44
"Security Administration" in the
"Supporting SOAP
Guide.
for a secure SSL connection.
https
"Trusted Root
GroupWise 8
Clients" in "Post Office
http

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