SSL Client PSEs
SSL Client PSEs
Definition
The application server's PSEs to use for securing communications with the SSL protocol when the application server is the client component for the communication.
Use
There are three different types of SSL client PSEs that the server can use:
The application server uses the anonymous SSL client PSE to connect to other Web servers where only server-side authentication is used. It does not use it for its own authentication.
The SAP Web AS uses the standard SSL client PSE to authenticate itself on other Web servers when SSL client authentication is used and where no individual SSL client PSE is specified to use for the connection.
The SAP Web AS can also use additional individual SSL client PSEs for authenticating itself on other Web servers. By using these PSEs, you can specify different "identities" for the application server to use for different services.
If the SAP Web AS communicates as the server component for the SSL connection, then it uses the SSL server PSE to establish the HTTPS connection.
Structure
The SSL client PSEs contain the application server's security information, which includes the public and private key pair to use for the particular identity and the corresponding certificate list.
Integration
When you create an SSL client PSE, the system creates a single PSE for the system that is distributed to all of the application servers. The system stores the PSEs in the directory
$(DIR_INSTANCE)/sec. The file names for the PSEs are: