Administration Tasks for Cryptographic Services and Transport Layer Security 

Cryptography is used with SAP NetWeaver for certain security functions such as:

·        Secure Network Communications (SNC)

·        Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

·        Digital signatures and data encryption using Secure Store and Forward (SSF)

·        Secure Storage

This topic provides links to the administrative tasks involved when using cryptography for these functions.

Tools

The following tools are available for using cryptographic functions:

·        ABAP: Trust manager

·        Java: Keystore service

·        Standalone servers: SAPGENPSE (See Configuring SNC for Using the SAPCRPYTOLIB Using SAPGENPSE and Configuring the SAP Web Dispatcher to Support SSL)

Prerequisites

To use cryptography, you must first install the cryptographic software on the server. Per default, we do provide libraries that you can download from the SAP Service Marketplace and install. For more information see:

·        ABAP: Installing the SAP Cryptographic Library on the SAP Web AS

·        Java: Deploying the SAP Java Cryptographic Toolkit

Restrictions

The distribution of cryptographic software is subject to and controlled by German export regulations and is not available to all customers. In addition, the library may be subject to local regulations of your own country that may further restrict the import, use and (re-)export of cryptographic software. If you have any further questions on this issue, contact your local SAP subsidiary.

Tasks on Demand

The following tasks may be required when using cryptographic services:

·        ABAP

¡        Generate key pairs

¡        Create certificate requests

¡        Import certificate request responses

¡        Managing Personal Security Environments (PSEs)

See Trust Manager and Getting Started with the Trust Manager.

·        J2EE Engine:

¡        Managing keystores, keystore views and certificates

See Key Storage Service.

See also:

·        Secure Network Communications (SNC)

·        SSL

¡        Using the Secure Sockets Layer Protocol with the SAP Web AS ABAP

¡        Configuring the Use of SSL on the SAP J2EE Engine

¡        Configuring the SAP Web Dispatcher to Support SSL

·        Digital Signatures and Encryption

·        Secure Storage

¡        Secure Storage (ABAP)

¡        Secure Storage for Application-Specific Data

¡        Secure Storage in the File System