Enabling FIPS compliance on the gateway

You can enable FIPS compliance on the gateway component by editing the gateway configuration file that is created when you install gateway support.

About this task

The trc_gateway.properties file is in the following directory.
Windows™ systems
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Tivoli\Remote Control\Gateway

or \ProgramData\IBM\Tivoli\Remote Control\Gateway.

Linux™ systems
/etc
To enable FIPS compliance, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Edit the trc_gateway.properties file.
  2. Set FIPSCompliance = Yes.
  3. Save the file.
  4. Restart the gateway service.
    For more information about restarting the gateway service, see Manage the component services. Follow the steps in the section that is relevant to your operating system.