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4.5. Configuring SSL Connections with the TPS
By default, the TPS communicates with the Enterprise Security Client over standard HTTP. It may be desirable to secure the TPS-client communications by using HTTP over SSL (HTTPS).
The Enterprise Security Client has to have the CA certificate for the CA which issued the TPS's certificates in order to trust the TPS connection. Import the CA certificate as described in Section 5.4.4, “Importing CA Certificates”.
The Enterprise Security Client needs to be configured to communicate with the TPS over SSL; this is done by setting the Phone Home URL, which is the default URL the Enterprise Security Client uses to connect to the TPS.
Open the Enterprise Security Client.
Insert a new, blank token into the machine.
Blank tokens are unformatted, so they do not have an existing Phone Home URL, and the URL must be set manually. Formatted tokens (tokens can be formatted by the manufacturer or by your IT department) already have the URL set, and thus do not prompt to set the Phone Home URL.
Fill in the new TPS URL with the SSL port information. For example:
