In InfoConnect Manager 32, click Configure and select Paths. Click Add. From the Path Template drop-down, select TCP. Click Configure.
Using this dialog box, you can specify the IP address for this path, enable or disable encryption, and select other options that affect communication with the host.
IP Address or Domain Name
If you use CryptoConnect and encrypt this connection, type the IP address or domain name of the CryptoConnect TCP/IP Gateway. If you are connecting through a security proxy, type the IP address or domain name of the proxy. If you connect directly to the host, type the IP address or domain name of the host.
Use the following guidelines for the address or name:
If you are using an IP address, type the address using four groups of digits (0-255) separated by periods (such as 12.234.0.123).
If you are using a domain name, type the domain name of the host (up to 63 characters).
If the name is in a different domain than the PC, type the domain name using the following syntax:
name.domain.type
where name is the name of the host, domain is the domain or group in which name is located, and type is the three-character type of the domain (such as mil, com, edu, etc.). For example, the domain name for the host Joshua in the military domain Defcon might be joshua.defcon.mil.
NOTE:If you type an IP address or domain name, the path will communicate only with the specified host; if you type an asterisk (*), the path will communicate with any host.
Security
Choose an appropriate level of security from the dropdown list.
A padlock symbol appears on the session status bar when you run a session that has a secure connection. In addition, if you select this option for a host or gateway that does not support encryption, or if you specify an encrypted host but fail to select an encryption option, the session responds in one of the following ways:
Terminates with an "Encryption/negotiation failure" error
Displays the message "Session path closed"
Fails to respond
PKI Settings
This button is enabled when any Security type other than No Security is selected.
Click this option to open the PKI Settings dialog box. DOD PKI users must configure the appropriate settings in this dialog in order to configure the path for use with the PKI.
Socket
Select the type of socket to use. Then click Configure to configure any TCP or UDP socket option.
|
Click ... |
to use this path with ... |
|---|---|
|
TCP |
InfoConnect T27, InfoConnect UTS, InfoConnect ALC, or any other connection-oriented application TCP |
|
UDP |
An application that supports the User Datagram Protocol UDP |
Common options - Dynamic Config
Check this option if you are using this path with an application that has been written to dynamically configure the path when the application is run.
If you select this option, you can leave the IP Address Or Domain Name blank, or you can type data in this field (the data typed here will be overwritten by the custom application). When you run the custom application, it fills in the required information.
If you clear this option, you must complete all the fields on each dialog box.
NOTE:Clear this option if you are using this path with T27, UTS, or ALC.
Common options - Enable Keepalive Packet
Check this option if you want the TCP/IP Transport to check periodically to determine whether a host connection still exists. If no connection exists, an error message appears as soon as this determination is made.
If you select this option, the TCP/IP Transport checks the host connection every two hours. To specify a more frequent interval, you must modify the Windows Registry.
If you clear this option, the TCP/IP Transport will not periodically check for a host connection, and if the connection is unexpectedly lost, an error message appears after 72 hours.
Selecting this option ensures that quicker notification occurs, but it also increases network traffic and can slow the performance of your applications throughout the network. The more frequently the host connection is checked, the greater the impact on network traffic.