Plan Your Implementation of the SSL or TLS Protocol

Before you configure Sterling Connect:Direct® Secure Plus, review the following concepts, requirements, terms, and tool descriptions to ensure that you have the resources and information necessary to implement the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

For more information on using the TLS protocol and NIST with zOS, see the IBM publication z/OS Cryptographic Services System SSL Programming (SC14-7495-00).