IBM WebSphere V5.0 Security: WebSphere Handbook Series

11.5. Security guidelines in Patterns for e-business

The Patterns for e-business design approach also provides guidelines for solution design. The guidelines consist of technology options, application design and development, security, performance and availability, and system management. The following short sections will point out some common security guidelines that should be taken into consideration when designing an e-business solution.

11.5.1. Securing connections in a solution

At the architecture level, as opposed to the application level, connections between nodes should be secured. For information in relation with this topic, at the application level, where secure connections should be ensured between modules, refer to 3.1, “J2EE application” ...