Chapter 1—Security

 

 

Overview

This chapter describes the features used to secure the Blackboard Academic Suite.

 

In this chapter

Chapter 1—Security includes the following topics.

 

Topic

Description

SSL Choice

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.

Authentication Config

This topic covers the Authentication Config page. This page lists the authentication options and details the settings configured for each option.

Manage Context Encryption Keys

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.

Download the Context Encryption Key

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.

Create a Context Encryption Key

This topic covers the Create a Context Encryption Key page. Keys are created for content-passing from this page.

Deciphering Encrypted Context

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 



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