Activating DMZ Gateway® in EFT™

After the 30-day trial has expired, you must activate DMZ Gateway by activating the serial number in EFT.

To activate online, you must be connected to the Internet, and registration must be performed through the EFT administration interface on the EFT computer. You cannot activate through a remote installation. Refer to Activating EFT and Modules for details.

Licensing DMZ Gateway for EFT Enterprise with the Accelerate Module

When licensing DMZ Gateway for EFT Enterprise with the Accelerate module, not only do you have to activate DMZ Gateway (and the Accelerate module) in EFT Enterprise, you also must install a license file in the DMZ Gateway installation directory, as described below, for each DMZ Gateway used. (You must have an EFT Enterprise/DMZ Gateway pair at each end of the transaction for use with the Accelerate module.)

To activate DMZ Gateway for EFT with the Accelerate module

  1. Provide your DMZ Gateway server host’s public-facing / forward-facing Internet Protocol (IP) address to your Globalscape point of contact.

    • In return, you will receive a DeiLicense.dat and FastImpl.dll derived from the supplied IP address.

  2. On the DMZ Gateway computer, stop the DMZ Gateway server service.

  3. In the \lib folder of the DMZ Gateway installation folder (e.g., C:\Program Files\GlobalSCAPE\DMZ Gateway\lib), replace the file FastImpl.dll with a new version provided by Globalscape.

  4. In the \conf folder of the DMZ Gateway installation folder (e.g., C:\Program Files\GlobalSCAPE\DMZ Gateway\conf), paste your license file (e.g., DeiLicense.dat).

  5. Start the DMZ Gateway server service.

    • DMZ Gateway will log the attempted registration and record its success or failure

    • Registration is maintained upon upgrade or repair

    • If the DMZ Gateway's host IP changes, you will need to request a new FastImpl.dll from Globalscape.

DMZ Gateway and EFT Trial and Activation Interaction

  • When both EFT and DMZ Gateway are in trial mode, all DMZ Gateway features are enabled.

  • If the EFT trial period expires (has not been activated) and the DMZ Gateway module has not been activated, EFT will:

    • Halt all outbound Peer Notification Channel (PNC) communication to the DMZ Gateway.

    • Disable all controls on EFT's DMZ Gateway configuration pages.

    • Disable the Use EFT Server's DMZ Gateway as the proxy check box in the Event Rule Copy/Move or Download Action wizards' Proxy Settings dialog box, which will cause any Event Rule to fail that uses DMZ Gateway as an outbound proxy.

    • Hide the Perimeter Network Security page of the Site Setup wizard in EFT.

    • Write a warning to the Windows Event Log: “EFT Server’s DMZ Gateway module evaluation period has expired.”

  • If EFT is activated, but DMZ Gateway is in trial mode, the DMZ Gateway is fully functional until the DMZ Gateway trial expires. Once DMZ Gateway expires, all functionality and controls in EFT are disabled (unless you activate DMZ Gateway).

  • If DMZ Gateway is activated using a single-Site serial number:

    • EFT allows only one DMZ Gateway site to be enabled.

    • If more than one DMZ Gateway node was enabled prior to activation, all but one node will be disabled, the PNC of each of the disabled Sites is disconnected, and an error is written to the Windows Event Log: "EFT – One or more DMZ Gateway connections were disabled due to licensing restrictions. Make sure your DMZ Gateway module license matches the number of DMZ Gateway ‘Sites’ enabled. Contact your Globalscape account representative for further assistance.”

    • EFT's COM engine will return an error if you attempt to start a DMZ Gateway when one is already enabled.

  • If DMZ Gateway is activated using a multiple-Site serial number:

    • EFT allows up to 15 DMZ Gateways to be enabled (one per EFT Site).