Secure distributing of keys

Distribution of public key files between the partner systems should take place using reliable means, for example by

• distributing them via cryptographically secure by e-mail

• distributing them on a CD (by courier or by registered mail).

• distributing them via a central, openFT file server, whose public key is in the partners’ possession.

If you distribute public key files between partner systems with different operating systems, you must make sure that these files are recoded, e.g. from EBCDIC.DF04-1 (BS2000 system) to ISO 8859-1 (Unix system) or CP1252 (Windows system). If you transfer the key file as a text file then it is automatically recoded correctly.