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IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security

By : Omar P Siliceo (USD)
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IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security

By: Omar P Siliceo (USD)

Overview of this book

In these days of high-profile hacking, server security is no less important than securing your application or network. In addition many companies must comply with government security regulations. No matter how secure your application is, your business is still at risk if your server is vulnerable. Here is how you solve your WebSphere server security worries in the best possible way. This tutorial is focused towards ways in which you can avoid security loop holes. You will learn to solve issues that can cause bother when getting started with securing your IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 installation. Moreover, the author has documented details in an easy-to-read format, by providing engaging hands-on exercises and mini-projects. The book starts with an in-depth analysis of the global and administrative security features of WebSphere Application Server v7.0, followed by comprehensive coverage of user registries for user authentication and authorization information. Moving on you will build on the concepts introduced and get hands-on with a mini project. From the next chapter you work with the different front-end architectures of WAS along with the Secure Socket Layer protocol, which offer transport layer security through data encryption. You learn user authentication and data encryption, which demonstrate how a clear text channel can be made safer by using SSL transport to encrypt its data. The book will show you how to enable an enterprise application hosted in a WebSphere Application Server environment to interact with other applications, resources, and services available in a corporate infrastructure. Platform hardening, tuning parameters for tightening security, and troubleshooting are some of the aspects of WebSphere Application Server v7.0 security that are explored in the book. Every chapter builds strong security foundations, by demonstrating concepts and practicing them through the use of dynamic, web-based mini-projects.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
IBM WebSphere Application Server v7.0 Security
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface

Chapter 11. Security Tuning and Troubleshooting

Writing about WebSphere Application Server security tuning and troubleshooting could take a full chapter. But wait! We have already allotted a chapter … oh yeah … let's rephrase that. Each topic could use up at least a full chapter, and perhaps a book. No wonder there are practitioners out there who specialize in said areas. Therefore, in this chapter some of the salient aspects of each area will be covered. Furthermore, at the end, a summary of additional security related tips is provided.

So, in this chapter you will learn about:

  • Tuning general security, CSIv2 connectivity and authentication related settings

  • Troubleshooting general security configuration and runtime exceptions

  • Selecting security tips

Tuning WebSphere security

The generic term "tuning security … " some say, it's an oxymoron. Why so? Well, in many cases, tightening up security is normally reflected in poor performance. So, if a portion of your environment is performing poorly, it...