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Encryption

As a minimum, use an encryption key between the agent and the CA WA CA 7 Edition task. The encryption type can be AES, AES256, or NONE (for HP Nonstop Agent). The encryption key is set on the agent when you install the agent. This key must match the key that is defined in the CA WA CA 7 Edition DD IASCRYPT: CRYPTNAME(name) KEY(key) TYPE(type).

When defining the key, code 32 hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) characters for TYPE(AES). For TYPE(AES256), code 64 hexadecimal characters. Verify that the alphabetic characters are uppercase. If the key length is not 32 or 64 characters, the encryption key does not match between CA WA CA 7 Edition and the agent. This mismatch causes communication errors.

The encryption name that you specify on the agent is coded as 0x followed by the hexadecimal characters. In the CA WA CA 7 Edition IASCRYPT definitions, create the key within the KEY( ) parameter (without the 0x prefix).

If the keys do not match between the CA WA Agent and CA WA CA 7 Edition, you can see various messages. On the agent side, the receiver or transmitter log can show a message similar to the following message.

<Regular:1>.CybTargetHandlerChannel.sendMessage[:550] - Error sending message to CA7CA75: cybermation.library.communications.CybConversationException: Bad padding

Note: The preceding example is only the beginning part of the message.

On the CA WA CA 7 Edition side, the browse log or LOGP/S can show a message similar to the following message:

CIAS-09 CAIAS1100I Response code=000000nn, reason=000000nn, flags=0000

nn is usually 0A and 08 respectively.