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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Application Acceleration
Enabling and Disabling the Global Optimization Features
Preparing to Use SSL Acceleration
Before you configure SSL acceleration, you should know the following information:
• The services that you want to be accelerated on the SSL traffic
• The server IP address and port information
• The public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate and private key information, including the certificate
common name and certificate authority signing information
• The cipher suites supported
• The SSL versions supported
Figure 1-14 shows how the WAAS software handles SSL application optimization.
Table 1-2 Checklist for Configuring SSL Acceleration
Task Additional Information and Instructions
1. Prepare for configuring SSL acceleration. Identifies the information that you need to gather before configuring SSL
acceleration on your WAAS devices. For more information, see the
“Preparing to Use SSL Acceleration” section on page 1-29.
2. Enable secure store, the Enterprise
License, and SSL acceleration.
Describes how to set up Central Manager secure store, how to enable the
Enterprise License, and how to enable SSL acceleration. Secure store mode
is required for secure handling of the SSL encryption certificates and keys.
For more information, see the “Enabling Secure Store, the Enterprise
License, and SSL Acceleration” section on page 1-30.
3. Enable SSL application optimization. Describes how to activate the SSL acceleration feature. For more
information, see the “Enabling and Disabling the Global Optimization
Features” section on page 1-3.
4. Configure SSL acceleration settings. (Optional) Describes how to configure the basic setup of SSL acceleration.
For more information, see the “Configuring SSL Global Settings” section on
page 1-31.
5. Create and manage cipher lists. (Optional) Describes how to select and set up the cryptographic algorithms
used on your WAAS devices. For more information, see the “Working with
Cipher Lists” section on page 1-35.
6. Set up CA certificates. (Optional) Describes how to select, import, and manage certificate authority
(CA) certificates. For more information, see the “Working with Certificate
Authorities” section on page 1-37.
7. Configure SSL management services. (Optional) Describes how to configure the SSL connections used between
the Central Manager and WAE devices. For more information, see the
“Configuring SSL Management Services” section on page 1-41.
8. Configure SSL peering service. (Optional) Describes how to configure the SSL connections used between
peer WAE devices for carrying optimized SSL traffic. For more information,
see the “Configuring SSL Peering Service” section on page 1-43.
9. Configure and enable SSL accelerated
services.
Describes how to add, configure, and enable services to be accelerated by the
SSL application optimization feature. For more information, see the “Using
SSL Accelerated Services” section on page 1-45.