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Configure CA EEM C# SDK in FIPS-only Mode

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

Note: CA EEM C# SDK does not support P11 certificates.

To configure CA EEM C# SDK in FIPS-only mode

1. Open eiam.config file and edit the following tags in the <SDK type="C#"> section:
   • FIPSMode
   • digestAlgorithm
2. Save and close the eiam.config file.
3. Restart your application.

   CA EEM C# SDK is configured in FIPS-only mode.

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About the eiam.config File

Set SafeContext-related Information

The <SafeContext> tag in the eiam.config file contains information required to generate a SafeContext using the SafeContextFactory class. Each SafeContext tag in the eiam.config file is identified using a unique refID tag. To generate a SafeContext, you must pass this refID to the SafeContextFactory. Following are the benefits of specifying the SafeContext-related information in the eiam.config file:

To set SafeContext-related information:

1. Open eiam.config file and edit the <SafeContext> section to set the following tags:
   • refID
   • Backend
   • Application
   • Locale
   • Authentication Type
2. Save and close the eiam.config file.