Chapter 15: Entrust PKI Integration

Overview

EAServer integrates an Entrust public-key infrastructure (PKI) that enables servers and clients to use Entrust IDs for client/server authentication. To assign an Entrust ID (Entrust profile) to an EAServer listener:

1. Install and use Entrust/Entelligence software to manage Entrust keys and obtain an Entrust ID. See the Entrust documentation for more information.

2. Use EAServer Manager to configure a security profile that specifies the Entrust ID you obtained in step 1. You can configure the security profile to accept either non-Entrust clients or only clients that supply an Entrust ID. See “Defining security profiles” for more information.

3. Assign the security profile to a listener. See “Configuring listener properties” for more information.

In client applications, set the appropriate ORB properties to use Entrust IDs. This chapter describes server-side Entrust configuration. For client-side use of Entrust and non-Entrust certificates, see the following chapters:

• Chapter 5, “Using SSL in Java Clients.”

• Chapter 6, “Using SSL in C++ Clients.”

• Chapter 8, “Using SSL in ActiveX Clients.”

The current version of EAServer does not use Entrust encryption operations other than SSL signing by the private key.

For more information about Entrust, see their Web site.

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