Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-04-05 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
> There is a requirement that the client must be FTPS enabled to connect to IBM > site. > Can i use Self signed certificate for my FTP server ? Or IBM distributes > certificate to their customer to upload them in our mainframe and trust it ? If you download from an IBM FTP server to your z/OS,

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-04-05 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
> So these certificate needs to be connected to the keyring assigned to the > started owner ID right ? The certificate authority (CA) root certificate needs to be in a truststore on z/OS. The acceptable types of truststore depends on the application using it, but often a SAF keyring is used.

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Allan Staller
: Re: FTPS for IBM download [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] What he said! Also: this is not difficult. IBM

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Charles Mills
I believe you have two choices. You can put it on the keyring configured for the application (NOT "the owner" -- userids can own multiple keyrings, but applications in my experience are only configured for one). Or you can install it owned by CERTAUTH. I believe System SSL (who does the real wo

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Charles Mills
What he said! Also: this is not difficult. IBM should make it clear what root certificate they require. Make sure you get it right -- not just "a DigiCert root" -- DigiCert has about ten different roots, so get the specific name. The names are similar -- often differing only by one word or "G3"

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Colin Paice
Can I spell it out a different way. Your client can check the validity of the server's certificate, and make sure it is IBM you are connected to. To do this, you need a CA certificate matching the IBM server's certificate. Most machines have a wide selection, and so this should not be a problem.

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Colin Paice
Any self signed would also need to be on the keyring - but Self Signed should never be used outside of a sandpit - so ignore this. All CA certificates used to validate certificates need to be on the trust store keyring. The server's certificate needs to be on the private-key keyring. Some people

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Thanks Kurt I am not a racf certificate expert So these certificate needs to be connected to the keyring assigned to the started owner ID right ? On Thu, 20 Mar 2025, 17:19 Paul Gilmartin, < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:52:57 +, Kurt Quacke

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:52:57 +, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >> There is a requirement that the client must be FTPS enabled to connect to >> IBM site. > >What are you tryingoto download, and which IBM server are you trying to >download from? > And is HTTPS or SFTP an alternative? -- gil --

Re: FTPS for IBM download

2025-03-20 Thread Ben Smith
You may want to start with this link FAQs About GDPR-related Changes to ECuRep and Testcase FTP File Uploads https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/faqs-about-gdpr-related-changes-ecurep-and-testcase-ftp-file-uploads From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of