Encrypted data transfer

If you want to use SSL technology to encrypt data exchanged between the PPM command line programs and server, please note the following:

Configuration

You enable this operation mode by assigning the value true to the UseSSL key in the global configuration file Registry_settings.properties. The configuration of SSL encryption is described in the chapters on Registry and SSL. Further information can be found in the PPM Operation Guide (chapter Security aspects/PPM server).

If encrypted data transfer is enabled, the RMISocketFactory parameter in the client configuration file RMIServer_settings.properties is ignored and replaced by an SSLSocketFactory. Usage of this operation mode is to be verified only in the log file of the PPM client server.

Please note that a separate key pair must be generated for SSL encryption for encrypted data transfer. For this, the parameters PATH_TO_KEYSTORE and KEYSTORE_PASSWORD must be specified in the SSL_settings.properties file.