CA Secure Socket Adapter

CA Secure Socket Adapter (SSA) lets you use a single multiplexed communication port to ease firewall administration and minimize conflicts with other applications. SSA is installed automatically during the CA Workload Automation AE installation.

SSA provides the following features:

Port multiplexing (PMUX)—Increases security and the efficient use of physical ports available on any given host by restricting all CA Workload Automation AE traffic to a single physical port. The only exception is CAICCI, which is not PMUX-enabled and uses its own physical ports.
SSL—Provides an added layer of protection by encrypting network data before transmission over the network and decrypting the data upon receipt. By default, CA Workload Automation AE is not SSL-enabled.

Important! The PMUX and SSL settings on the CA Workload Automation AE server and clients (such as the jil and autorep commands and SDKs) must match. If CA Workload Automation AE has PMUX or SSL enabled, its clients must also have PMUX or SSL enabled. If PMUX or SSL encryption is turned on for any server process, it must be turned on for all client and server processes that communicate with it. CA Workload Automation AE processes depend on the PMUX and SSL settings of the host.

Note: For more information about SSA, see the Windows Implementation Guide.

More information:

Configure an SSA Port

View the Properties of a Communication Port