Setting up HTTPS communication with EasyLink

You can help secure the communication with EasyLink by using SSL or TLS.

The following steps are required:

1	Obtain a public key certificate from EasyLink. See Getting a certificate from EasyLink.

2	Add the certificate to a Java KeyStore. See Importing the certificate to a Java KeyStore.

3	In the resource set in Design Center, import the certificate and set up a certificate store profile resource for the certificate. See Importing the KeyStore file and creating a Certificate store profile resource.

4	In the resource set, set up a secure channel profile resource. See Creating a Secure channel profile resource.

Getting a certificate from EasyLink

For information about EasyLink certificates, see the EasyLink documentation on the EasyLink API forums at https://apiforums.easylink.com/.

The procedures for downloading certificates differ for each web browser. For information, see the documentation for your Web Browser.

Example 6

Downloading a certificate from EasyLink

This section describes one method of using Internet Explorer 9.0.13 to export a certificate from EasyLink.

1	Browse to https://messaging.easylink.com/

2	In the right side of the Address bar, click Security Report (lock) icon.

3	In the Website Identification page, click View certificates.

4	Click the Details tab and then click Copy to File…

5	Follow the wizard to export the certificate:

a	Select DER encoding.

b	Enter a name and location where you want to save the file.

c	Click Finish to export the certificate.

 

Importing the certificate to a Java KeyStore

Before you can import the certificate to the resource set in Design Center, you must import the certificate to a Java KeyStore on the computer where you run Design Center. To do this you need the keytool.exe file, which is part of the Java Runtime Environment.

To import the EasyLink certificate to a Java KeyStore

1	Add the path to keytool.exe to the Path system environment variable.

2	At the command prompt, move to the directory containing the EasyLink certificate file.

3	Enter the command:

keytool -importcert -file easylink.cer -keystore easylink.jks -alias easylink

4	At the Enter keystore password: prompt, enter a password to protect your keystore.

5	At the Trust this certificate? prompt, enter yes

The certificate is added to the KeyStore.

Importing the KeyStore file and creating a Certificate store profile resource

1	In Design Center, in the resource set, import the EasyLink KeyStore file as a Certificate type resource.

2	In the resource set, add a new Certificate store profile resource.

3	Open the Certificate store profile resource.

4	Click Add and then browse to and select the EasyLink certificate resource.

5	In the Trusted authorities certificates list, double-click the certificate.

6	Enter the certificate password and click OK.

Creating a Secure channel profile resource

1	In the resource set, add a new Secure channel profile resource.

2	Open the secure channel profile resource.

3	On the Channel type list, click the appropriate type.

4	On the Certificate store profile list, click the certificate store profile you created in the previous step.

Next step

•	Create an EasyLink web service profile that uses HTTPS communication. See Setting up a web service connection profile for EasyLink.