What is SSL?
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol of secure communication between a server and client through the a network.
What is TLS?
It TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a newer version of SSL. See "What is SSL?". In practice SSL and TLS names are In practice, the terms "SSL" and "TLS" may be used interchangeably.
What do I gain from enabling SSL?
It Enabling SSL ensures that data sent from application (fe.eg. report , reports about license usage) and to application (fe.eg., login credentials) is encrypted. It Enabling SSL also allows the web browser to verify if that the connection is secure.
What is keystore?
It Keystore is a file secured with a password that can contain one or many certificates with or without their private keys.
Which ssl SSL protocols should I enable?
The newerGenerally, enabling the better newest SSL protocols is recommended (currently, the newest is TLS v1.3). But ; however, be aware that some older browsers could may not support newer protocol versions.
Which ciphers should I enable/disable?
The ones ciphers that are known to be broken should be disabled. The list changes with time, new of valid ciphers changes with time–new ciphers are created, and some old ones are being become broken. Most of the time defaults should The default ciphers should normally be up to date.
I have a certificate file and key, how do I create a keystore?
It Creating keystores is described in this articlesection.
How do I migrate SSL settings from Licstat License Statistics 5.x to 6.x?
In License Statistics 5.x there were , two files were needed for migrating SSL settings: certificate (defined as SSL_CERTIFICATE_FILE) and certificate private key (defined as SSL_CERTIFICATE_KEY_FILE).
In License Statistics 6.x, both of these files must be placed into keystore. See this link for details. After generating keystore see this link for configuration details.