Server Security

This property page specifies security information about the Messenger server. This information applies to any Messenger agents running on this server (Messaging Agent and/or Archive Agent). If security information is different for either agent, specify that information on the Security property page of the Agent object.

Certificate Path
Browse to and select the directory where SSL certificates are located on your system. By default, the agents look for certificate files in the /opt/novell/messenger/certs directory.

Security

SSL Certificate
Browse to and select the public certificate file to use with the Messenger agents. Or, if it is located in the directory specified in the Certificate Path field, you can simply type the filename.

SSL Key File
Browse to and select the private key file to use with the Messenger agents. Or, if it is located in the directory specified in the Certificate Path field, you can simply type the filename.

Set Password
Click Set Password to provide the password for the private key file. This information will be encrypted.

Enable SSL
Select this option to use SSL encryption for the agents, including client/server communication (between the client and the agents), message transfer protocol communication (between the agents), and communication between the agents and the agent Web consoles.



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