Enabling FIPS compliance on the broker

You can enable FIPS compliance on the broker component by editing the broker configuration file that is created when you install broker support.

About this task

The trc_broker.properties file is in the following directory.
Windows® systems
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Tivoli\Remote Control\broker.

or \ProgramData\IBM\Tivoli\Remote Control\broker.

Linux® systems
/etc
To enable FIPS compliance, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Edit the trc_broker.properties file.
  2. Set FIPSCompliance = Yes.
  3. Save the file.
  4. Restart the broker service.
    For more information about restarting the broker service, see Manage the component services. Follow the steps in the section that is relevant to your operating system.