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Connection attempt time-out

This is the number of seconds allowed before an attempt to set up and initialize a

connection is abandoned. The default is set to 120 seconds.

Disconnection attempt time-out

This is the number of seconds allowed before an attempt to properly clean up

and disconnect a connection is abandoned. The default is set to 120 seconds.

Only allow single connection for each user ID

This determines whether a user ID can be used more than once simultaneously.

Select this option when your host application allows only a single logon per user

ID, as is the case with most 3270-type applications. Deselect this option if your

system allows a user ID to connect multiple times simultaneously to one

application.

Enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support

Select this option if you want to encrypt data flowing on the TN3270 connection

between the WebSphere Application Server and the TN3270 server. SSL

support includes receiving a certificate from the server and verifying that the

certificate was issued by a trusted certificate authority. For more details about

SSL, see Chapter 22, “Securing host connections” on page 689.

Enable SSL server authentication

In addition, when selecting SSL server authentication, it will be checked that the

owner name field in the certificate matches the server host name or IP address.

5.2.5 User List Configuration

The User List Configuration panel is used to select a list of user IDs that

connections from this pool (or from any other pool, if the user list being created

for this connection pool is selected as user list for that other pool) can use to log

on to the host application when executing the Connect macro. You may either

select an existing user list or click New to start creating a new user list. When

creating a new user list, you will be guided through a sequence of panels to

provide a name for the list and to define the first user. Then you will be returned

to the User List Configuration panel (see Figure 5-5 below, and Figure 5-6 on

page 128).

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Figure 5-5 Adding a new user

Figure 5-6 User List Configuration panel

To remove an ID from the list, select it and click Delete. If you remove all user IDs

from a list, the list is deleted. Before deleting a list, make sure that the list is not

used by other connection pools.

To change the description or password for a user ID, select it and click Edit.