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Chapter 5 Client Management
Bydefault,theclientHost,clientPort,andclientProtocolpropertiesdefaultto
thoseexhibitedbythesecurityserver;theserversettingsthemselvescanbeexplicitly
configuredusingtheserverName,serverPort,andserverProtocolproperties.
If thesevaluesareexplicitlyset,theportandprotocolvaluesshouldcorrelatebetween
clientandserver.
Onescenariowhereyo
umayneedtospecifydifferentportandprotocolsettingsis
whereanintermediarySSLacceleratorexistsbetweentheclientandsecurityserver.
In anarrangementsuchasthis,theclientPortandclientProtocolcouldbesetto
443andhttps,butthebackendcommunicationsbetweentheacceleratorandthe
serv
ercouldtakeplaceoverhttpusingport80.
Creating SSL Server Certificates
ASecureSocketsLayer(SSL)certificateisacryptographicallysealeddataobjectthat
containstheidentityofaserver,publicandprivateencryptionkeys,andthedigital
signatureofthecertificateissuer.Certificatesservetwomajorpurposes:
Theycanprovideauthenticatedprooftoaclientthatthewebsitetheyvisitis
ownedbythecompanyorindividualwhohasinstalledthecertificate.
Theycontainthepublickeythattheclientusestoestablishanencrypted
connectiontoaserver.
Table 5-1. locked.properties—Client and Server properties
Property Description
clientHost Theexternallyresolvablehostnamethattheclientisinstructedtouse
whencontactingthesecurityserver.
Ifnotspecified,thisissettothevaluespecifiedbyserverNameorthe
systemdefault.
clientPort Theportthattheclientisinstructedtousewhencontactingthesecurity
server.
Ifnotspecified,thisissettoth
evaluespecifiedbyserverPortorthe
systemdefault.
clientProtocol Theprotocolthattheclientisinstructedtousewhencontactingthe
securityserver—thiscanbehttporhttps.
Ifnotspecified,thisissettothevaluespecifiedbyserverProtocolorthe
systemdefault.
serverName Theuniqueidentityofth
esecurityserver.
serverPort Theportthatthesecurityserverlistenson.Defaultis80.
serverProtocol Theprotocolthatthesecurityserv eruses—thiscanbeeitherhttporhttps.
Defaultishttp.