This section describes the available security providers that can be configured for iWay Service Manager.

An iWay Service Manager provider is an object that can be configured separately and then referred to by name in the configuration of other components. This helps maintenance by centralizing the configuration of commonly used properties. It also helps conserve memory because the underlying resource the provider represents can be created once and shared among all components that refer to the provider. It is possible to create multiple providers of the same type.

The providers that relate specifically to security are the Keystore, the SSL Context, the Directory CertStore, and the LDAP providers.