... is the process to obtain the certificate for FTPS the same as it is for HTTPS ( ShopZSeries Certificate Order)?
To download orders using FTPS requires only the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate used to sign the server's certificate. Read more about the CA certificate for FTPS here: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/topic/com.ibm.zos.r13.gim3000/opftp.htm?path=36_3_6_4_2_2#wq214. Using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER requires two certificates; a CA certificate and a client certificate. The client cert is what you generate and obtain from ShopzSeries.
Did I also read something where IBM's statement that they're shutting off their FTP servers and forcing FTPS at the end of next month is being postponed?
Yes, the date has been postponed. However, you should continue to investigate your impacts and work toward updating your proxies and firewalls as necessary to eventually support using FTPS to download your orders.
Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, SMP/E Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
