Scenario 7 - Add Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus

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IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® Secure Plus provides enhanced security for Sterling Connect:Direct and Sterling Connect:Direct Server Adapter. When you enable Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus, the files are encrypted during transfer. This scenario describes how to configure the Sterling Connect:Direct Server Adapter to work with Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus to enable encrypted file transfers.

Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus is an optional component. Before configuring the Connect:Direct Server Adapter to work with Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus, it is assumed the following conditions are already in place:

You have the required certificates for implementing Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus.
You have configured the local and remote nodes for Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus following the instructions specific to the platform you are using. After submitting the parameters file and preparing Sterling Connect:Direct for operation, you have validated and tested connections between you and your business partners to establish secure communications and then tested to make sure you can change your security defaults for a session.