Specifying the encryption level

Encryption support for Windows CE and Win32 platforms is only available with the Microsoft High Encryption Pack available from Microsoft.

This task is part of the larger task of creating a DataPropagator subscription. When you have completed these steps, return to Creating a DataPropagator subscription.

Prerequisites

Encryption support on Palm OS requires Palm OS 3.3 or later. The Microsoft High Encryption Pack must be installed to use encryption between Windows CE/Pocket PC clients or Win32 platform clients and the DB2 Everyplace Sync Server.

Procedure

To specify the encryption level:

On the Identification page, select the encryption level using the Encryption level field. After the encryption level is modified, all users subscribing to that subscription must be reset. The following three options are available:

None

No encryption will be used during data transfer.

Limited: 56-bit Data Encryption Standard

All data transfers will be encrypted using a 56-bit key. This provides basic security with a small performance penalty.

Strong: 128-bit Data Encryption Standard

All data transfers will be encrypted using a 128-bit key. This provides enhanced security with a larger performance penalty than Limited encryption.

Related concepts

• What is a replication source?
• Data filtering and replication
• Improving replication performance

Related tasks

• Using the Mobile Devices Administration Center
• Creating a DataPropagator subscription
• Identifying the subscription
• Mapping the source to the target
• Identifying the mirror database
• Adding a replication source
• Creating a filter for replicated data
• Batching synchronization requests
• Providing a user ID and password for the subscription