11 Managing Security

This chapter describes how you can secure access to the Oracle Traffic Director administration server and enable SSL/TLS for Oracle Traffic Director virtual servers. It also describes how to configure client authentication and how you can use Oracle Traffic Director to secure access to origin servers.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Section 11.1, "Securing Access to the Administration Server"

• Section 11.2, "Configuring SSL/TLS Between Oracle Traffic Director and Clients"

• Section 11.3, "Configuring SSL/TLS Between Oracle Traffic Director and Origin Servers"

• Section 11.4, "Managing Certificates"

• Section 11.5, "Managing PKCS#11 Tokens"

• Section 11.6, "Managing Certificate Revocation Lists"

• Section 11.7, "Managing Web Application Firewalls"

• Section 11.8, "Configuring Client Authentication"

• Section 11.9, "Preventing Denial-of-Service Attacks"

Note:

For information about some steps that you can take to secure Oracle Traffic Director in your environment, see Appendix C, "Securing Oracle Traffic Director Deployment."