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Privileges Required to Connect to CA Arcot

You do not need to have any particular user privileges to set up the connection to CA Arcot.

You need only the URLs and the name of the organization to which you want to connect.

Securing Communication between CA Arcot and Java CS

Java CS does not import passwords or other security information, but it does import user details.

When you acquire or access a CA Arcot endpoint using Java CS, the credentials of the Arcot administrator are not used to acquire the endpoint.

When you do not set up SSL communication, your data is sent over the network without encryption, which is a security risk.

We recommend that you secure the connection between CA Arcot and Java CS with two-way SSL (server authentication and client authentication), using the steps in How to Connect CA Identity Manager to CA Arcot.