The port number to use for connecting to the HTTPS server. If this field is left blank, then the default port number of 443 will be used.

The user name (login name) to use for connecting to the HTTPS server. This is only needed if the HTTPS server requires that the HTTPS client be authenticated using either the BASIC, DIGEST, or NTLM authentication schemes.

The password to use for connecting to the HTTPS server. This is only needed if the HTTPS server requires that the HTTPS client be authenticated using either the BASIC, DIGEST, or NTLM authentication schemes. After entering the password, you can optionally click the

Encrypt

button, which will encrypt the password when it is stored in

Managed File Transfer

's database.

Indicates if the password is encrypted. Select

Yes

if you clicked the

Encrypt

button for the Password.

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, to wait when trying to establish a connection to the HTTPS server. A timeout value of 0 (zero) is interpreted as an infinite wait time. If the field is left blank, then the default value of 60 seconds will be used.

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, to wait for a (read) response from the HTTPS server. A timeout value of 0 (zero) is interpreted as an infinite wait time. If the field is left blank, then the default infinite value of 0 (zero) will be used.

Specify the protocol to use when creating the SSLContext. The value you need to specify here depends on the security providers you have installed in the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). In most cases, the default value (SSL) should just work fine. However, on some IBM JRE implementations the default value would not work if the server you are connecting to does not support SSLv3.