It depends on PCOMM version.
Older versions offered iKeyMan - a part of Global Security Kit. It is
(was) java-based certificate repository. You had to add CA or other
certificates there, otherwise PCOMM won't accept the certificate. PCOMM
by design do not accept unknown certificates and there is no option
"click OK to accept and keep as trusted".
Later PCOMM also supported Windows built-in certificate management, so
you had a choice which way to choose.
Now I think there is no PCOMM private certificate management
BTW: current version is v14. AFAIK there were versions 14, 13, 12, 6, 5,
4... - no versions between 6 and 12. 6 and 5 supported both ways, 4
supported only private repository, but at the time (late 90's) Windows
had no certificates repository.
HTH
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 01.06.2021 o 16:19, Bruce Lightsey pisze:
At our shop we do not use p-comm (Mr Brennans’ Vista is our choice) but we have
a couple of contractors who wish to use it. As they are configuring their
connections with TLS 1.2 the current issue they are experiencing deals with our
self-signed certificate – p-comm doesn’t seem to be willing to accept it where
the other emulators that we and our client agencies use all seem to be OK with
it.
We use Vista and have successfully helped others connect with Rumba, QWS3270,
Attachmate, c3270, Hummingbird and others without having a fight about the
self-signed cert after initial “click to accept the cert” discussions.
So – since we don’t have a copy of p-comm to look at and twiddle, does anyone
have a quick “do this then go forth and compute” guide for setting up the
p-comm connections (IBM’s manual is not helpful unless you already know what to
do – I don’t) ?
Or should I just tell them to get a copy of Vista because it is inexpensive and
it works ?
Thanks,
Bruce Lightsey
Mainframe and Database Manager
MS Department of Information Technology Services
601-432-8144 | www.its.ms.gov
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