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PowerExchange SSL Architecture

The PowerExchange SSL architecture includes the following components:

OpenSSL installed on each SSL client and server on Linux, UNIX, or Windows

PowerExchange SSL configured on each SSL client and server on Linux, UNIX, or Windows

AT-TLS installed and configured for PowerExchange on each SSL server on

z/OS

PowerExchange Listener configured on z/OS

X.509 certificates installed on each SSL client and server

The following figure illustrates the PowerExchange SSL architecture:

You can use SSL communication for some, all, or none of the connections on a PowerExchange network.

For example, you might configure connections as follows:

Configure PowerExchange Listeners to use separate ports for SSL and non-SSL connections.

Configure the PowerCenter Integration Service client to use SSL connections to PowerExchange Listeners.

Configure the PowerExchange Navigator and PowerCenter clients to use non-SSL connections to PowerExchange Listeners.