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Configure CA EEM Server in FIPS-only Mode

When you configure CA EEM Server in FIPS-only mode, CA EEM uses only FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic libraries to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.

Notes:

• In FIPS-only mode, use IE7 (or above) or Firefox 3.0 (or above) to view the CA EEM admin GUI. For more information about how to configure Firefox in FIPS 140-2 mode, see the Firefox support site.
• The following procedure is also valid for changing the security mode of the CA EEM Server from FIPS-only to non-FIPS or non-FIPS to FIPS -only.

To configure CA EEM in FIPS-only mode

1. Stop iGateway service.
2. Stop the CA Directory services using the following commands:

   Windows

   dxserver stop all
   ssld stop
   

   Linux and UNIX

   su - dsa -c "dxserver stop all"
   su - dsa -c "ssld stop" 
   

3. Open the iGateway.conf file and set the following tag to ON:

   <FIPSMode>ON<FIPSMode>
   

   Note: To change the mode from FIPS-only to non-FIPS, set FIPSMode tag to OFF.

4. Run the following commands from the command prompt:

   Windows

   ssld remove iTechPoz-Server
   ssld install iTechPoz-Server -certfiles "%DXHOME%/config/ssld/personalities" -ca "%DXHOME%/config/ssld/iTechPoz-trusted.pem" -port 21847 -fips
   

   Linux and UNIX

   su - dsa
   ssld remove iTechPoz-Server
   ssld install iTechPoz-Server -certfiles $DXHOME/config/ssld/personalities -ca $DXHOME/config/ssld/iTechPoz-trusted.pem -port 21847 -fips
   

   Note: The option -port specifies the ssld port. If you have configured a different ssld port, replace 21847 in the preceding commands with the correct port number. Also, if you are changing the security mode from FIPS-only to non-FIPS, use the commands in this step without the -fips option.

5. Start the CA Directory services using the following commands:

   Windows

   ssld start
   dxserver start all
   

   Linux and UNIX

   su - dsa -c "ssld start"
   su - dsa -c "dxserver start all" 
   

6. Start iGateway service.

   CA EEM is configured in a FIPS-only mode.