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Prerequisites
The documentation on the SSL and DCM are taken from the iSeries Information Center Web site. Refer to the iSeries documentation for more details on these topics. iSeries documentation can be obtained using the following link: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/. After selecting the appropriate IBM i OS release, you can search for DCM or SSL to find related information.
IBM i OS product numbers are specific for each OS release. Replace the 57** references with the product ID for the IBM i OS release you are using: V5R4 5722, V6R1 5761, or V7R1 5770.
The following are prerequisites for the SSL support on IBM i OS:
- IBM Digital Certificate Manager (DCM), option 34 of OS/400 (57**-SS1)
- TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for iSeries (57**-TC1)
- IBM HTTP Server for iSeries (57**-DG1)
- If you are trying to use the HTTP server to use the DCM, be sure you have the IBM Developer Kit for Java(TM) (57**-JV1) installed, or the HTTP admin server will not start.
- The IBM Cryptographic Access Provider product, 57**-AC3 (128-bit). The bit size for this product indicates the maximum size of the secret material within the symmetric keys that can be used in cryptographic operations. The size allowed for a symmetric key is controlled by the export and import laws of each country. A higher bit size results in a more secure connection.
Optional: You might also want to install cryptographic hardware to use with SSL to speed up the SSL processing.
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Support for SSL communication with the Monitoring Agent for IBM i