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policy_setting Options

Policy_setting governs the communication between this computer (the local computer) and other computers that have the CAM and CAFT service installed, but may or may not have the CAM and CAFT encryption certificates installed.

The options are as follows:

caftkey -i keyfile password

The -i option specifies Policy -1. This policy lets computers running previous versions of the CAM and CAFT service execute commands on this computer and lets this computer execute commands on those computers.

Policy -1 encrypts messages if the other computer has these certificates installed. This policy does not encrypt messages if the other computer does not have these certificates installed.

caftkey -m keyfile password

The -m option specifies Policy 1. This policy prohibits other computers from executing commands on this computer if they are running previous versions of the CAM and CAFT service without the encryption certificates. This policy also prohibits this computer from executing commands on those computers.

If both computers have the CAM and CAFT encryption certificates installed, but have different Public Key Files installed when Policy 1 is set, the command requests between the two computers fails.

caftkey keyfile password

The blank option specifies Policy 0. This policy is set if no Public Key File is installed, the CAM and CAFT encryption certificates were not installed properly, or if you do not specify a policy setting when you enter the caftkey command. Policy 0 specifies no encryption.

Note: The CAM and CAFT service must already be installed on the computer in your network.