Using IBM® WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security with IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition
WebSphere® MQ Advanced Message Security provides enhanced security for message traffic in WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition, in particular for data at rest on queues.
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In this topic, WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security is referred to as WMQAMS and WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition is referred to as WMQFTE. For more information about WMQAMS, see the WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security v7.1.0 product documentation.
WMQAMS provides a number of facilities to intercept and apply security actions to message data. For WMQFTE, the WMQAMS Java™ Interceptor is used to encrypt the data before it leaves the source agent and to decrypt the data after it arrives in the destination agent. The messages in transit between the two agents are secured.
WMQAMS offers a range of security policies that can be applied to a WebSphere MQ network. The configuration supported by WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0.3 or later is the encryption of file data between two agents; the protection of control or status messages is not supported.
Install and configure WMQFTE first, and confirm that your installation is working correctly, before adding WMQAMS for additional protection.
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Using WebSphere MQ AMS with WebSphere MQ File Transfer Editionin the WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security v7.1.0 product documentation.