2.9.1 Security Elements

A Message Queuing System is composed of components that store data and communicate with other components. Both the storage of components and the communications between components is secured.

The following figure shows an overview of the storage in the system and communications among internal and external components.

Figure 17: Component storage and communications

The communications between two queue managers (1: internal communication) and between a queue manager and an external entity (2, 3, 4: external communication) are shown in the preceding figure. The communications between external entities are handled by those entities and are not included in the figure.