Configuring Application Properties for IDP E-Mailer

You configure the IDP E-Mailer application as you would other gateway applications, including configuration for Dynamic Service Activator and logging. For information about configuring a gateway client, see Overview of the Web Services Gateway.

The idpEmailer.xml file provides the configuration properties for the IDP E-Mailer application. You can use the template file idpEmailer.conf to create other configuration files for IDP E-Mailer.

Tasks to configure properties for IDP E-Mailer are:

• Configuring General Properties for IDP E-Mailer.
•  Configuring a NIC Proxy for IDP E-Mailer
•  Configuring Logging for IDP E-Mailer
•  Configuring E-Mail Properties for IDP E-Mailer

Configuring General Properties for IDP E-Mailer

The general properties for IDP E-Mailer specify the configuration namespaces used by parts of the application.

To use SDX Configuration Editor to configure general properties for IDP E-Mailer:

1. In the navigation pane, select the IdpEmailer.xml configuration file.
2. Select the IDP E-Mailer tab.

   The IDP E-Mailer pane appears.

   

3. In the IDP E-Mailer section, edit or accept the default values.

   See IDP E-Mailer Fields .

4. Select File > Save.
5. Right-click the configuration file, select SDX System Configuration >Export to LDAP Directory.

IDP E-Mailer Fields

In SDX Configuration Editor, you can modify the following fields in the IDP E-Mailer pane in an IdpEmailer.xml configuration file.

Logging Subsystem Configuration Namespace

• Namespace that defines the properties for the logging operations.
• Value—Path, relative to the static configuration DN, that defines the object for the namespace
• Default—/WebApplication
• Property name—loggingNamespace

NIC Proxy Configuration Namespace for IP Subscriber

• Namespace that defines the properties for the NIC proxy operations.
• Value—Path, relative to the static configuration DN, that defines the object for the namespace
• Default—/WebApplication/IdpEmailer/nicProxyIp
• Property name—nicProxyIpNamespace

E-Mail Configuration Namespace for IDP E-Mailer

• Namespace that defines the properties for the IDP E-Mailer operations.
• Value—Path, relative to the static configuration DN, that defines the object for the namespace
• Default—/WebApplication/IdpEmailer/email
• Property name—emailNamespace

Configuring a NIC Proxy for IDP E-Mailer

To use SDX Configuration Editor to configure a NIC proxy for IDP E-Mailer:

1. In the navigation pane, select the IdpEmailer.xml configuration file.
2. Select the NIC Proxy Configurations tab.

   The NIC Proxy Configurations pane appears.

3. Configure the NIC proxy for IDP E-Mailer as you would any NIC proxy. For the demonstration application set the following values:
   • Key Type—Subscriber’s IP address
   • Value Type—SAE server ID

   For information about configuring NIC proxies, see Overview of NIC Proxy Configuration.

4. Select File > Save.
5. Right-click the configuration file, and select SDX System Configuration > Export to LDAP Directory.

Configuring Logging for IDP E-Mailer

To configure logging for IDP E-Mailer, modify the configuration in SDX Configuration Editor. You configure logging in the same way as other components.

Configuring E-Mail Properties for IDP E-Mailer

Configure retailer-specific properties for sending e-mail in the E-Mail Configurations pane.

To use SDX Configuration Editor to configure e-mail properties for IDP E-Mailer:

1. In the navigation pane, select the IdpEmailer.xml configuration file.
2. Select the E-Mail Configurations tab.

   The E-Mail Configurations pane appears.

   

3. In the E-Mail Configurations section, edit or accept the default values.

   See E-Mailer Configurations Fields .

4. Select File > Save.
5. Right-click the configuration file, and select SDX System Configuration > Export to LDAP Directory.

E-Mailer Configurations Fields

In SDX Configuration Editor, you can modify the following fields in the E-Mail Configurations pane in an IdpEmailer.xml configuration file.

E-Mail Host

• Hostname or IP address of the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) server to be used to send e-mail messages to subscribers in response to detection of malicious traffic sent or received by subscribers.
• Value—<hostname> or <IP address>
• Default—No value
• Property name—EmailHostName

E-Mail Domain

• Domain name to be added to a subscriber’s login name to form the subscriber’s e-mail address.
• Value—<domain name>
• Guidelines—This implementation of IDP E-Mailer identifies a single domain name for all subscribers who are notified by e-mail of incidents.
• Default—No value
• Property name—EmailDomainName

E-Mail Sender Address

• E-mail address from which e-mail messages are sent. These messages provide information about incidents that IDP detected.
• Value—<e-mail address>
• Default—No value
• Property name—EmailSenderName

E-Mail Subject

• Text to appear in the Subject line of each message sent in response to an incident detected by IDP for which e-mail is to be sent.
• Value—Text
• Default—No value
• Property name—EmailSubject

Introductory Text for Intrusive Traffic Received

• Introductory text to appear in the message body for detrimental traffic received by the subscriber. Text received from IDP that describes the incident appears after this introductory text.
• Value—Text
• Default—No value
• Property name—EmailSourceOfIntrusion

Introductory Text for Intrusive Traffic Sent

• Introductory text to appear in the message body for detrimental traffic sent by the subscriber. Text received from IDP that describes the incident appears after this introductory text.
• Value—Text
• Default—No value
• Property name—EmailDestinationOfIntrusion

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