The following steps provide an overview of the tasks required to set up transport-layer security.
Obtain digital certificates.
You need identity files and certificate files. The server identity file contains the server's private key and should be stored securely with the database. You distribute the server certificate file to your clients.
You can buy certificates from a certificate authority or you can use the Certificate creation utility (createcert). SAP Sybase IQ also provides functionality to create certificates, which is especially useful for development and testing.
If you are setting up transport-layer security for SAP Sybase IQ client/server applications:
If you also want to allow unencrypted connections over shared memory, specify the -es option.
TDS connections do not use the TLS protocol. To prevent unencrypted connections from using the TDS protocol, specify the tcpip option -x tcpip(TDS=NO).
If you are setting up transport-layer security for SAP Sybase IQ web services:
If you are setting up an SAP Sybase IQ multiplex database server: