## Securing the Parallels Business Automation - Standard Tools Using SSL

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) provides a level of security and privacy for those wishing to conduct secure transactions over the Internet. Introduced to the Internet market by Netscape Communications, the SSL protocol protects HTTP transmissions over the Internet by adding a layer of encryption. This insures that your transactions are not subject to "sniffing" by a third party.

SSL provides visitors of your website with the confidence to communicate securely via an encrypted session. For companies wishing to conduct secure e-commerce, such as receiving credit card numbers or other sensitive information online, SSL is essential.

Important: SSL Setup for Resellers

SSL certificate is generated per vendor domain name. For provider, this domain name is Management Node hostname, by default.

Resellers use the same domain as their provider until a reseller URL is not hidden. Thus, if a reseller with not hidden URL tries to generate an SSL Certificate request, the same domain as provider's one will be used. This can corrupt provider's SSL settings. That is why Parallels Business Automation - Standard does not allow SSL setup for resellers with not hidden URL - the SSL Setup item is not available in RCC menu in this case.

To make SSL Setup available for a reseller, provider should do the following:

1. Hide reseller URL to provide a reseller with own domain name, which makes it possible to generate an SSL Certificate for this reseller.
2. Make sure that Reseller Administrator permissions allow managing SSL. To this effect, go to the Configuration Director - Security Manager - Setup, select Reseller Permissions tab, and then select Reseller Administrator role. Open the Configuration Director > Miscellaneous settings item and make sure that the SSL Setup check box is selected. After this, SSL setup will become available for all resellers in Reseller Control Center.

In This Section Getting the SSL Certificate Generating Certificate Request Managing the SSL Private Key Enabling SSL for Parallels Business Automation - Standard Tools

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