You can generate a new MAC key file to improve the reliability
of message verification using encryption.
To generate a new MAC key file:
- Run the following command from the command line:
GenMacKey –o filename
The filename is
the path and file name of the new MAC key file.
- Update the central server's configuration to include the
location of the new MAC key file in one of the following ways:
- Using encryption tags: Edit the relevant line in the concsm.cfg file
to add a path and file name to the mac tag.
- Using encryption parameters: Edit the encryption parameters
file to alter the value of the ENCCSM_MACFILES parameter.
- If necessary, remove old MAC key file entries from the
configuration.
- Distribute the new MAC key file among all appropriate computers.