Connect:Direct Server and its Client connections

For client-server connections between a Connect:Direct Server and its clients be aware of the following limitations.

The connections between a Connect:Direct Server and the following clients are not secure:
  • Connect:Direct Requester
  • Windows CLI
  • User-defined Windows SDK Client
  • Connect:Direct for UNIX CLI
  • User-defined UNIX ndampi Client
Though passwords sent by any of these clients to the Connect:Direct Server are obfuscated, the session is still not encrypted.
Note: The connection with Sterling File Agent can me made secure. For more details, refer File Agent version 1.4.0.1.