Configuring Client-Side Secure Sockets Layer

FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications can also be a client on an SSL connection to a remote server, such as an LDAP server. When FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications connects to an SSL server as a client, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications receives a certificate of authentication from the SSL server. FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications then checks the certificate against the set of certificates in its truststore (client keystore) to see if it is trusted. The default truststore is located in the JRE bundled with FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications at flexnet_agent_install_dir/jvm/lib/security/cacerts.

If the SSL server’s certificate cannot be validated with the certificates in the default truststore, the SSL server’s certificate must be added to the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications truststore before the connection can be established.