Question & Answer
Question
The TN3270 server has been configured to use secure connections by defining AT-TLS policies. But there are a subset of users that are unable to successfully establish a connection to that server. There are no error messages associated with these attempts, the user just gives up (closes the emulator window).
Answer
The AT-TLS policy associated with this server port has HandshakeTimeout 0 specified in the TTLSEnvironmentAdvancedParms statement. When a client system emulator connecting to this port does not immediately begin the SSL handshake, the connection will sit in that state with no progress. Specifying a non-zero HandshakeTimeout (or letting it default to 10 seconds) will cause the server to send a telnet DO START TLS message which will cause the client to initiate the handshake.
Product Synonym
ZOSCS COMMSERVER
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Modified date:
30 January 2018
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dwa1427944