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Cisco Transport Manager Release 9.2 GateWay/CORBA User Guide and Programmer Manual

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Appendix B Server Administration and Configuration

B.4 Logging Out CTM GateWay/CORBA OSS Users

Step 1 Log into the CTM client with administrator privileges.

Step 2 In the Domain Explorer window, choose Administration > GW/CORBA Users.

Step 3 The GW/CORBA Users table displays a list of available OSS users. Click the Show Logged in GW

CORBA Users tool.

Step 4 In the Active GW/CORBA Users table, a list of currently logged-in users is displayed, including the OSS

profile name, IP address to which the user is logged in, and the login time. Select the user to log off.

Step 5 Click the Log Out GW CORBA User tool.

Step 6 The user session is cleared from the Active GW/CORBA Users table. You will notice the loss of session

during the next ping cycle or when you try to perform an operation on another manager. Some examples

of user operations are:

• The user is connected and performs a query operation on the EMS. The OSS user starts to query the

EMS by getting a fresh object reference from the manager through an emsSession query. Because

the session has been cleared by the CTM GateWay/CORBA service, the OSS user receives an

exception and notices the loss of session.

• The CTM client forcefully logs out the user. The OSS user does not immediately notice the loss of

session when the CTM client forces a logout. To immediately log out the user, the

CTM GateWay/CORBA service makes a call to the NMS session interface, which forces the OSS

client applications to modify their shutdown application. This is not the preferred method.

• The CTM GateWay/CORBA service clears the user session information from its internal memory

and database.

B.5 Using Encryption Between the OSS Client and

CTM GateWay/CORBA

CTM uses improved encryption of usernames and passwords for network security. You can set the

Control Panel to send encrypted usernames and passwords to CTM GateWay/CORBA:

Step 1 Log into the CTM client with administrator privileges.

Step 2 In the Domain Explorer window, choose Administration > Control Panel.

Step 3 Click the GateWay/CORBA Service tab for the GateWay/CORBA Service property sheet.

Step 4 Click the Global tab and check the Enable Encryption for Username and Password check box.

Step 5 Click Save; then, click Ye s in the confirmation dialog box. Changes take effect immediately.

If the OSS clients enable the encryption feature, they must provide implementation for RSA-based

encryption by retrieving the RSA public key or the public key pair from CTM GateWay/CORBA and by

using cryptographic libraries.