Enabling security for the realm
Use this topic to enable IBM® WebSphere® Application Server security. You must enable administrative security for all other security settings to function.
About this task
WebSphere Application Server uses cryptography to protect sensitive data and to ensure confidentiality and integrity of communications between WebSphere Application Server and other components in the network. Cryptography is also used by Web Services Security when certain security constraints are configured for the web services application.
WebSphere Application Server uses Java™ Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE) and Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) libraries in the Software Development Kit (SDK) to perform this cryptography. The SDK provides strong but limited jurisdiction policy files. Unrestricted policy files provide the ability to perform full strength cryptography and to improve performance.
WebSphere Application Server provides an SDK 6 that contains strong, but limited jurisdiction policy files. You can download the unrestricted policy files from the following website: IBM developer kit: Security information.
- Click Java SE 6
- Scroll down the page then click IBM SDK
Policy files.
The Unrestricted JCE Policy files for SDK 6 website displays.
- Click Sign in and provide your IBM.com ID and password.
- Select Unrestricted JCE Policy files for SDK 6 and click Continue.
- View the license and click I Agree to continue.
- Click Download Now.
- Extract the unlimited jurisdiction policy files that are packaged in the compressed file. The compressed file contains a US_export_policy.jar file and a local_policy.jar file.
- In your WebSphere Application Server installation, go to the $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security directory and back up your US_export_policy.jar and local_policy.jar files.
- Replace your US_export_policy.jar and local_policy.jar files with the two files that you downloaded from the IBM.com website.
Complete the following steps to enable security for the realm: