Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol

1. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol that provides secure authentication and transmits encrypted data over the Internet or an internal network.

2. TIBCO Enterprise Message Service supports the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

3. SSL uses public and private keys to encrypt data over a network connection to secure communication between pairs of components:

• between an EMS client and the tibemsd server


• between the tibemsadmin tool and the tibemsd server


• between two routed servers


• between two fault-tolerant servers

4. Digital certificates are data structures that represent identities. EMS uses certificates to verify the identities of servers and clients. A digital certificate is issued either by a trusted third-party certificate authority, or by a security officer within your enterprise.

5. JMS Java clients can use either JSSE (from Sun JavaSoft) or the SSL implementation from Entrust.