This chapter describes the features used to secure the Blackboard Academic Suite.
Chapter 1—Security includes the following topics.
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This topic covers the SSL Choice page. Before making any changes to the SSL Choice settings the Administrator must configure the IIS or Apache™ Web server for SSL. | |
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This topic covers the Authentication Config page. This page lists the authentication options and details the settings configured for each option. | |
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This topic covers the Manage Context Encryption Keys page. This is a menu page for creating or downloading a key to encrypt content-passing from the Blackboard Learning System through a System Extension. | |
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This topic covers the Download Context Encryption Key page. From this page a key can be downloaded and then shared with a URL to secure content-passing. | |
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This topic covers the Create a Context Encryption Key page. Keys are created for content-passing from this page. | |
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This topic covers how to programatically decipher encrypted content on an outside URL. | |
Integration Password |
This topic covers the Integration Password page. Administrators can set a password for the Integration account that handles Snapshot tasks from client machines using SOAP. |