IBM Endpoint Manager, Version 9.1

Enabling FIPS compliance on the gateway

You can enable FIPS compliance on the gateway component by editing the gateway configuration file that is created when you install gateway support.

About this task

The trc_gateway.properties file is in the following directory.
Windows systems
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Tivoli\Remote Control\Gateway for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 operating systems.

\ProgramData\IBM\Tivoli\Remote Control\Gateway for Windows Vista operating system and later.

Linux systems
/etc
To enable FIPS compliance, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Edit the trc_gateway.properties file.
  2. Set FIPSCompliance = Yes.
  3. Save the file.
  4. Restart the gateway service. For more information about restarting the gateway service, see Managing the component services. Follow the steps in the section that is relevant to your operating system.
Parent topic: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) compliance in IBM Endpoint Manager for Remote Control

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