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About Configuring SSL Encryption for the Siebel Management Framework

You can deploy SSL to secure communication between the Siebel Management Server and Siebel Management Agent(s) using the Siebel Management Agent and the Siebel Management Server Configuration Wizards.

You can implement the following connection authentication scenarios when configuring SSL for the Siebel Management Framework:

• Deploy SSL on Siebel Management Agents only (server authentication).

  For information on this task, see Configuring SSL Encryption for the Siebel Management Agent.

• Deploy SSL on the Siebel Management Server only (client authentication).

  For information on this task, see Configuring SSL Encryption for the Siebel Management Server.

• Deploy SSL on the Siebel Management Server and Siebel Management Agents (dual authentication).

About the Cryptographic Service Provider

When deploying SSL in the Siebel Management Framework, the Configuration Wizards prompt you to specify the cryptographic service provider you want to use. A cryptographic service provider is part of the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) that provides cryptographic services, for example, keystore creation and management.

You can use the cryptographic service providers shown in Table 5 to deploy SSL in the Siebel Management Framework. If you choose to deploy SSL on the Siebel Management Server only, then Siebel Business Applications use the SunJSSEProviderWrapper provider. If you choose to deploy SSL on both the Siebel Management Server and the Siebel Management Agents, or on the Siebel Management Agents only, then you can use any of the supported providers.

Table 5 also shows whether or not each supported provider requires that Java classes be installed on the Management Server. Java classes are provided as part of the standard Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installation.