OpenEdge provides you with the ability to provide a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection for OpenEdge SQL and ABL. TLS provides an authenticated and encrypted peer-to-peer TCP/IP connection. You can establish the TLS connection by using the -ssl startup parameter.

When SSL is enabled, the -keyaliaspassword parameter can be specified with the database broker at startup to provide the encoded password associated with the keyalias. This password grants access to the server’s private key or digital certificate entry within the key store. You can use the OpenEdge provided genpassword utility for encoding your passwords.

For more information, see genpassword.

For more information on creating TLS brokers, see Learn about Security and Auditing and Startup Command and Parameter Reference.

For more information on managing brokers and startup parameters, see Startup Command and Parameter Reference and Manage OpenEdge Databases.