JBoss 7.1 SSL Configuration

When running JBoss as a stand-alone web server you should consider configuring it to use secure sockets in order to allow sensitive information such as login credentials or credit card numbers to be transmitted through a safe connection. SSL, or Secure Socket Layer, is a standard security technology which allows web browsers and web servers to communicate over a secured connection establishing an encrypted link between them. That the data being sent is encrypted by one side, transmitted, then decrypted by the other side before processing. This is a two-way process, meaning that both the server AND the browser encrypt all traffic before sending out data. Another important aspect of the SSL protocol is Authentication process. During...