Enabling Security For Connection Groups; Turning Security On - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Enabling Security for Connection Groups

You can secure your server's connection groups by:
• Turning the security on
• Selecting a server certificate for a connection group
• Selecting ciphers

Turning Security On

You must turn security on before you can configure the other security settings for
your connection group. You can turn security on when you create a new listen
socket, or when you edit an existing listen socket.
Turning Security On When Creating a Listen Socket
To turn security on when creating a new listen socket, perform the following steps:
Access the Server Manager and select the server instance the listen socket will
1.
be created in from the drop-down list.
Select the Preferences tab, if not already displayed.
2.
Choose the Add Listen Socket link.
3.
The Create a Listen Socket page is displayed.
Enter the required information and select a default virtual server.
4.
Turn Security on using the drop-down list.
5.
Click OK
6.
Click Apply, and then Restart for changes to take effect.
7.
NOTE You will need to use the Edit Listen Sockets link to configure the
security settings after a listen socket is created.
Turning Security On When Editing a Listen Socket
You can also turn security on when editing a listen socket from either the
Administration Server or the Server Manager. To turn security on when editing a
listen socket, perform the following steps:
Setting Security Preferences
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