Cryptographic Hardware Use with Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business: SSL Acceleration in WebSEAL with a Hardware Security Module

Secure web communication has become essential for e-commerce,
business-to-business solutions and enterprise applications.
Typically, SSL is used to secure communications in a secure web environment,
but SSL has a performance cost associated.
This article highlights the benefits of using cryptographic hardware for cryptographic
acceleration within a Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business WebSEAL environment.
The different deployment architectures available for hardware devices are discussed. It
steps through the configuration needed to configure an nCipher netHSM network hardware
security module in WebSEAL through the Global Security Kit (GSKit) on Solaris.