Selecting the Transport Mode

About this task

Webspace supports transport protocols that provide communication between Windows and the Webspace Server. When selecting the Encrypted transport, an Certificate file must be specified. Certificates are required to secure communication between Webspace sessions and the Webspace Server. You can obtain a certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) such as Verisign or Thawte, or you can create your own certificate authority and then sign your server certificates from this authority.

Important: The Apache and IIS web servers and their components (for example, OpenSSL) must be maintained and patched as per the latest security guidelines provided by their respective software vendors. The security of Webspace sessions depends on the security that the web servers provide.

Procedure

  1. From the Webspace Admin Console, in the server tree, select the desired server from the list.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Host Options. The Host Options dialog box appears.
  3. Click the Security tab.
  4. In the Transport drop-down list, select TCP or Encrypted.
  5. When selecting Encrypted transport, type or browse to the path of the server's certificate in the Certificate box.
  6. Click OK.

    When the Encrypted transport is selected, all connections to that Webspace Server use the Encrypted transport and the selected encryption algorithm, including connections from Webspace sessions. Webspace sessions that do not support the Encrypted transport will be unable to connect to the server using the Encrypted transport unless the Use TCP as fallback option is enabled.