Security considerations for IBM Rational Synergy

You can ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls. You can also ensure that you know about any security limitations that you might encounter with this application.

Enabling security during the installation process

Enabling secure communication between multiple applications

Rational Synergy integrates with other IBM® products, such as Rational Change, Rational Synergy for Eclipse Interface, Rational Synergy for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Interface, Rational Synergy for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Interface, Rational Synergy for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Interface, Rational Synergy for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Interface, and Rational Synergy for Microsoft Source Code Interface. When applicable, use SSL HTTPS connections between the Rational Synergy web server and any other web-based application.

Ports, protocols, and services

Only the CM Administrator can start and stop the services. For more information, see the "Installing" section of the documentation.

Customizing your security settings

You can change the session timeout period for the Web Administrator User interface.

Setting up user roles and access

Privacy policy considerations

Depending on the configurations that are deployed, this software offering uses cookies that might contain personally identifiable information. For information about this offering's use of cookies, see Notices.

Security limitations

Rational Synergy continuously enhances the security aspects of its components and remedies issues that are encountered. Plan to upgrade to the latest releases of Rational Synergy when they are available because these releases might contain security enhancements or corrections. Monitor the Rational Synergy Server security flash bulletins for security alerts and information about actions to perform.


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