Working with Security

This section explains how you can set up the security configurations in your storage server.

After you install WSO2 SS, it is recommended to change the default security settings according to the requirements of your production environment. Since SS is built on top of the WSO2 Carbon Kernel (version 4.3.0), the main security configurations applicable to SS are inherited from the Carbon kernel.

You can find detailed information on how to configure security in your SS as explained below.

Configuration	Description
Configuring transport-level security	WSO2 products support a variety of transports that make them capable of receiving and sending messages over a multitude of transport and application-level protocols. By default, most of the WSO2 products come with the HTTP transport. The transport receiver implementation of the HTTP transport is available in Carbon. The transport sender implementation comes from the Tomcat HTTP connector, which is configured in the `<AS_HOME>/repository/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml` file. This also covers how you can protect your system from common security attacks. For example, 'Poodle' is a bug in the SSL version 3 protocol, which exposes critical data encrypted between clients and servers. 'Logjam' is a security threat (man-in-the-middle attack), which is caused by weak ciphers. These security vulnerabilities can be avoided by configuring transport-level security. For more information on securing the HTTP transport, see the topic on configuring transport level security in the WSO2 Carbon documentation.
Configuring keystores	A keystore is a repository that stores the cryptographic keys and certificates. These artifacts are used for encrypting sensitive information, and establishing trust between your server and outside parties that connect to your server. All WSO2 products come with a default keystore (`wso2carbon.jks`). In a production environment, it is recommended to replace it with a new keystore. You can also configure multiple keystores for different purposes. See the following in the WSO2 Carbon documentation: Learn how public key encryption and keystores are used. Learn how to create new keystores and replace the default one. Learn how configuration files should be updated to use the relevant keystore for different purposes.
Securing sensitive passwords	As a secure vault implementation is available in all WSO2 products, you can encrypt the sensitive data such as passwords in configuration files using the Cipher tool. See the following in the WSO2 Carbon documentation: How the secure vault is implemented in WSO2 products. How to encrypt passwords using the Cipher tool. How to resolve encrypted passwords.
Enabling JAVA security manager	See the topic on enabling JAVA security manager in the WSO2 Carbon documentation for details on how to prevent untrusted code from manipulating your system.