6.0 Securing Fanout Driver Communication

NetIQ recommends using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocols for driver communication. By default, the SSL protocol is not configured among the Fanout components. You must configure the SSL connection among the following Fanout components:

Figure 6-1 Secured Connection among Fanout Components of the JDBC Fanout Driver

To support the SSL connections, you need to create keystore and truststore files. This section explains how to create, export, and store this certificate on your server

After the secured connection is enabled, the Fanout components perform an SSL handshake to establish a secure channel.