To validate and test a connection between two business partners,
follow this general procedure. After you confirm that the secure connection
has been established and that you can change your default security
settings for a session, you can finalize the settings in the Connect:Direct® Secure Plus parameter
file of each business partner, save the files, and begin transferring
data.
- For the selected protocol, make sure all prerequisites
outside of Connect:Direct Secure Plus have
been taken care of, such as the obtaining of server certificates and
exchanging of keys.
- Make sure each node is defined in the partner's network
map.
- For both the local and remote nodes, specify the protocol
to be used when a secure connection is required (TLS or SSL).
- For the selected protocol, make sure to define all settings
required for a successful connection in the local and remote node
records in the parameter files.
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Perform the procedures in this chapter, namely, Saving and Submitting the Connect:Direct Secure Plus Parameter File,
and Preparing IBM Connect:Direct for Secure Plus Operations.
- To test the connection, perform a file transfer between
the two partners.
Once you have successfully performed
a file transfer using a secure connection, you are ready to finalize
the parameter files.
- Take one of the following actions, depending on whether
you want to make your sessions default to secure or non-secure:
- To have your sessions default to secure, specify OVERRIDE=Y in
both the local and remote node records in the parameter files of both
business partners.
- To have your sessions default to non-secure, specify OVERRIDE=Y in
both the local and remote node records in the parameter files of both
business partners. Disable the selected protocol in the remote node
record.
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To test changing your security defaults for a session, take one of the following actions
depending on whether you want to make your sessions default to secure or non-secure. For a complete
description of the SECURE parameter and how to use it in the PROCESS
statement, see the IBM®
Connect:Direct Process Language Reference Guide. Also, see Security Settings Override
Examples.
- To make a session non-secure, specify SECURE=OFF in the PROCESS statement preceding the COPY
statement to transfer the file.
- To make a session secure, specify SECURE=OFF|SSL|TLS|TLS11|TLS12|TLS13 in the PROCESS
statement.
Note: Support for SSL, TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will be removed in future release
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After you validate and test your connections by session, save the parameter files and
restart IBM Connect:Direct.