Override Settings in Sterling Connect:Direct Processes

After you configured Sterling Connect:Direct® Secure Plus, security is either turned on or off each time that you use Sterling Connect:Direct with a node defined in the Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameter file. However, you can override some default security settings in a remote node record from a Sterling Connect:Direct Process using the SECURE parameter in the PROCESS or COPY statement.

To allow a business partner to override the default security setting of whether security is turned on or off for another business partner and to choose the protocol for the remote node, the following conditions must be in place:

• Each business partner agrees all sessions are secure or non-secure as the default
• Each business partner agrees to allow the override of the Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameters by specifying OVERRIDE=Y for both the local and remote nodes in their Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameter file.
• The remote node definition in each Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameter file specifies the parameters necessary for a secure session even if the protocol is disabled including all information necessary for exchanging and validating each partner's identity. All parameters related to a protocol are defined, such as SSL/TLS cipher suites and key databases.
• Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus is active on both nodes.

Once the Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameter files for both business partners have been set up properly, you can override the default security settings on a Process-by-Process basis to perform exception processing.

For a complete description of the SECURE parameter and how to use it in the PROCESS or COPY statement, see the IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct Process Language Reference Guide.