WebSphere WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1.x Feature Pack for Web Services Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

Configuring bus security

The bus security panel allows you to enable or disable bus security, and administer bus security features such as mediation authentication alias and permitted transports.

Before you begin
You can either set administrative security to enabled, or have both administrative and bus security policy enabled.
About this task
The Bus Security flag results in client authentication being performed and authorization policy being enforced. This flag is read-only if administrative security is disabled. You set the inter-engine authentication alias to authenticate messaging engines and communication between them. Setting mediations authentication alias allows the messaging engine to access mediations when application security is enabled. The bus security panel contains links to panels that allow the administration of users and groups in the bus connectors role, and the administration of permitted transports.

Procedure

  1. Open the administrative console, and click Service Integration > Buses.
  2. In the content pane, click on the name of the bus for which you want to configure the users and groups. When a new page appears, click on Security under Additional Properties.
  3. In the content pane, next to the bus that you wish to configure security for, clicking on Enabled or Disabled link in the security column also takes you to the bus security page.
  4. Modify the following attributes:
    Enable bus security
    Select this option to inherit the secure administration setting of the cell. Deselect this option if you always wish to disable bus security. Creating a bus when administrative security is enabled results in a bus that is secure, by default. If administrative security is disabled an insecure bus is created.
    Inter-engine authentication alias
    The name of the authentication alias used to authorize communication between messaging engines on the bus. This field can be left blank. If a value is specified, and bus security is enabled, incoming connections from other messaging engines are controlled to prevent unauthorized messaging engines from establishing a connection.
    Permitted transports
    The permitted transports group of radio buttons can be used to specify what transports should be used. There are three modes:
    • The first allows the use of any messaging transport chain defined to any bus member.
    • The second allows the use of only messaging transport chains that are protected by an SSL chain.
    • The third only allows the transports in the specified list.
    The Permitted transport link under Related Items allows you to add and remove permitted transports.
    Mediations authentication alias
    The name of the authentication alias used to authorize the bus to access mediations.
Related tasks
Enabling and disabling messaging security
Administering authorization permissions
Administering transport chains
Configuring connections
Securing messages between messaging buses
Securing access to a foreign bus
Securing the links between messaging engines
Controlling which foreign buses can link to your bus
Securing database access
Securing mediations

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