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title:  Security-Related System Properties
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The table describes the security-related system properties in the `geode.properties` file for native client authentication and authorization.

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<caption><span class="tablecap">System Properties for Client Authentication and Authorization</span></caption>
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<td><code class="ph codeph">security-client-dhalgo</code></td>
<td>Diffie-Hellman based credentials encryption is not supported.</td>
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<td><code class="ph codeph">security-client-kspath</code></td>
<td>Path to a .pem file, which contains the public certificates for all <%=vars.product_name%> cache servers to which the client can connect through specified endpoints.</td>
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<td><code class="ph codeph">ssl-enabled</code></td>
<td>True if SSL connection support is enabled.</td>
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<td><code class="ph codeph">ssl-keystore</code></td>
<td>Name of the .pem keystore file, containing the client’s private key. Not set by default. Required if <code class="ph codeph">ssl-enabled</code> is true.</td>
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<td><code class="ph codeph">ssl-keystore-password</code></td>
<td>Sets the password for the private key PEM file for SSL.</td>
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<td><code class="ph codeph">ssl-truststore</code></td>
<td><p>Name of the .pem truststore file, containing the servers’ public certificate. Not set by default. Required if <code class="ph codeph">ssl-enabled</code> is true</p></td>
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