IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II manual Secure Web server and secure LDAP, Configuring security

3.You can configure the following parameters:

Address type

This is the address type that the MM SLP server listens on. If Broadcast is selected, the SLP server listens on the broadcast address of 255.255.255.255. If Multicast is selected, the SLP server listens on the IP address that is specified in the Multicast address field. The default for this field is Multicast.

Multicast address

This is the multicast IP address that the MM SLP server listens on if the Address type field is set to Multicast. The default multicast address is 239.255.255.253. If you change this address, you must enter a multicast IP address (its first byte must be between 224 and 239).

Secure Web server and secure LDAP

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a security protocol that provides communication privacy. SSL enables client/server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery.

You can configure the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to use SSL support for two types of connections: secure Web server (HTTPS) and secure LDAP connection (LDAPS). The Remote Supervisor Adapter II takes on the role of SSL client or SSL server depending on the type of connection. The following table shows that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II acts as an SSL server for secure Web server connections. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II acts as an SSL client for secure LDAP connections.

Table 10. Remote Supervisor Adapter II SSL connection support

Connection type	SSL client	SSL server
Secure Web server	Web browser of the user	A Remote Supervisor
(HTTPS)	(For example: Microsoft Internet Explorer)	Adapter II Web server
Secure LDAP	Remote Supervisor Adapter II LDAP client	An LDAP server
connection (LDAPS)

You can view or change the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) settings from the Security page. You can enable or disable SSL and manage the certificates that are required for SSL.

Configuring security

Use the general procedure in this section to configure security for the Remote

Supervisor Adapter II Web server and to configure security for the connection

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