Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS Overview
IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® Secure Plus for z/OS® provides enhanced security for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct. It uses cryptography to secure data transmission with the security protocol you choose.
- Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS Overview
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS provides enhanced security for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct. It uses cryptography to secure data transmission with the security protocol you choose. - Plan Your Implementation of the SSL or TLS Protocol
- Using the SecurePlus Admin Tool and Populating the Parameter File
Use the following information to familiarize yourself with the Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus administration tool and to determine whether to use Quickstart to populate the parameter file from the network map or populate the parameter file manually. - Create the Parameter File Manually for the SSL or TLS Protocol
If you communicate with a large group of trading partners, but only a few trading partners use Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus, you can manually create and populate the parameter file by creating a single local node record and a remote node record for each trading partner that uses Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus. This method minimizes the number of remote node records to configure in the parameter file. - Additional Configuration Options
You can configure special-purpose remote node records to perform the following functions: - Configure the Local Node Record Imported from the Network Map
The following procedures assume that you populated the parameter file by importing the network map. The Quick Start method creates a remote node record in the parameter file for each remote node record in the network map and a local node record. Using the Quick Start method to populate the parameter file is most efficient if you have a large number of trading partners that use the same protocol. You can enable that protocol in the local node record and because the remote node records are set automatically to Default to Local Node, they inherit the settings of the local node. - Configure Remote Node Records Imported from the Network Map
- Enable and Validate Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus Operation
After you initially configure the local and remote nodes for Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS , save and submit the parameter file and prepare Sterling Connect:Direct for operation. As a final step, validate and test connections between you and your business partners to establish secure communications and then test to make sure you can change your security defaults for a session. - Override Settings in Sterling Connect:Direct Processes
- Maintain Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus
- Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus Statistics
Sterling Connect:Direct logs statistics for Sterling Connect:Direct Process activity. The Sterling Connect:Direct statistics include Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus information for a Process. - Troubleshooting
- Certificate Parameter Definitions
This topic describes the certificate parameter definitions for certificates created by the RACF® application, GSKKYMAN utility, CA-ACF2 application, and CA-ACF2 application. - Configuration Worksheets
Use the worksheets in this topic to record the configuration information for Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS . - Configuration for a Secure Connection between z/OS and OpenVMS Nodes
This topic provides a detailed example for defining a remote node record in both a Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS parameter file and a Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for OpenMVS parameter file to set up a secure connection between the two nodes. - Security Concepts
Cryptography is the science of keeping messages private. A cryptographic system uses encryption keys between two trusted communication partners. These keys encrypt and decrypt information so that the information is known only to those who have the keys. - Security Protocols
- Sterling Connect:Direct Access to System Resources for SSL or TLS
- Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus Tools
Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS consists of three components: the Administration Tool (Admin Tool), the parameter file, and the access file. The following sections describe these components and their purpose within Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS. - Prerequisites
Before you configure Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS, ensure that you complete the following tasks. - Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS Documentation
The IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS Implementation Guide describes how to implement peer-to-peer security into Sterling Connect:Direct operations with Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus. This document includes information to plan, configure, and use Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus. The IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS Implementation Guide is for programmers and network operations staff who install and maintain Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus.
Parent topic: Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for z/OS Overview