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AT-TLS will also need a =key to perform the initial handshake

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Wendell Lovewell
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2024 9:17 AM
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Subject: Re: Help with FTP client using AT-TLS

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Hi Billy.

I don't know what other companies "normally" do.  The problem we have with 
customers using SFTP to get to our FTP site is that it requires both a keyring 
on z/OS, and changes to their policy agent configuration.)

There needs to be a keyring on the customer's system that contains the 
certificate the server will use to set up the secure communication.  And 
normally (I think) they would need a rule in their pagent configuration.

I did come up with a way to invoke the FTP client on z/OS without requiring 
changes to their policy agent.  Here's some sample JCL:

//FTPS     EXEC PGM=FTP,REGION=4M,COND=(0,LT),
// PARM=('ENVAR("_CEE_ENVFILE_S=DD:STDENV")/ftp.yourco.com 21 -e')
//STDENV   DD *
GSK_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_2=ON
//* GSK_TRACE=0xFFFF
//* GSK_TRACE_FILE=/tmp/gskmack.trc
//* The 2 stmts above can be temporarily uncommented for debugging //SYSFTPD  
DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY)
CLIENTERRCODES    EXTENDED
EPSV4             TRUE
EXTENSIONS        AUTH_TLS
FWFRIENDLY        TRUE
KEYRING           &KEYOWNR/&KEYRING
PASSIVEIGNOREADDR TRUE
SECUREIMPLICITZOS FALSE
SECURE_FTP        REQUIRED
SECURE_MECHANISM  TLS
SECURE_DATACONN   PRIVATE
SECURE_CTRLCONN   PRIVATE
SECURE_HOSTNAME   REQUIRED
TLSMECHANISM      FTP
TLSRFCLEVEL       RFC4217
//* DEBUG SEC
//* TRACE
//* The 2 stmts above can be temporarily uncommented for debugging
//*
//XMIFILE  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=*.TRANSMIT.XMIFILE
//OUTPUT   DD SYSOUT=&OUTCLS
//INPUT    DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY)
youruser
yourpwd
sendsite
(your normal cd/put/get/binary cmds here) QUIT
//*

(Sorry I don't know how to post something using a fixed font.)

The keys to this are the PARMS values on the EXEC statement, the SYSFTPD 
commands (so it doesn't depend on their own FTPDATA settings), and the KEYRING 
being set up with the server's certificate and the CA chain.

Afaik this will only work with TLS v1.2--I think I read you won't be able to 
set up TLS 1.3 this way.

Hth,
Wendell

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