Black Box ET0010A User Manual

EncrypTight User Guide

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This section provides information about settings in the ETKMS properties file that you can use to control 
and optimize the performance of the ETKMS, including:

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For local ETKMSs, the ETKMS properties file

 kdist.properties 

is located in the 

\tools\kdist\bin 

directory, relative to the EncrypTight installation directory.

The ETKMS properties file

 kdist.properties 

is located in the

 /opt/etkms/conf 

directory. This 

file is divided into the following sections:

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Digital certificate configuration

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Logging setup

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Base directory for operational state data

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ETKMS/ETPM communications timing parameters

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Policy refresh timing

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General Communication Timing

For external ETKMSs, all file locations defined are relative to the /opt/etkms/bin directory.

If you have physical access to the ETKMS, you can log in directly on the ETKMS server, or you can use 
an ssh client to log in remotely.