The system and software requirements for using
TLS on the Windows operating environment are as follows:
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a computer that runs Windows 2000
(or later).
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depending on your configuration,
access to the Internet and a web browser.
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the TCP/IP communications access
method.
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Microsoft Certificate Services
add-on software.
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if you run your own CA, the Microsoft
Certificate Authority application (which is accessible from your web
browser).
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for
SAS/CONNECT, a client session
that runs on a computer that has a Trusted CA Certificate. This is
necessary in order for a
SAS/CONNECT client session to connect to
a
SAS/CONNECT server session via a Windows spawner using TLS
encryption.
The Windows spawner
must run on a server that has a Trusted CA Certificate and a Personal
Certificate.
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knowledge of your site's security
policy, practices, and technology. The properties of the digital certificates
requested depends on the security policies that have been adopted
at your site.
There is a Microsoft
issue that needs attention before configuring ENCRYPTFIPS on Microsoft
Windows 2003 servers.
Services that run on a computer that use Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 might not recognize Windows environment variable changes.
To resolve this issue, perform these steps:
Go to the Microsoft
support website http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887693 to
find out how to resolve the Windows 2003 Server environment variable
issue.