Managing Listeners

Activating or Deactivating a Listener

When you activate a listener, webMethods.io MFT prepares to perform file operations. When you deactivate the listener, webMethods.io MFT stops performing the file operations.

To activate or deactivate a listener

1. Go to Listeners.

2. In the Running column, click the toggle button   or   to activate or deactivate the listener, respectively.

Configuring Additional Settings for a Listener

To configure additional settings for a listener using the SFTP protocol

1. Go to Listeners and click   .

2. On the defaultSFTP page, configure the following settings:

   Field	Description
   SSH: Supported ciphers	Select the required ciphers from the list. Configuring an SFTP listener with SSH supported ciphers ensures secure communication between the SFTP client and server. See SSH Supported Ciphers for more information.
   SSH: Supported MAC	Select the supported keyed-hash message authentication codes (HMACs) for verification of data integrity from the list. See SSH Supported MAC for more information.

3. Click Save or Save & Close.

SSH Supported Ciphers

The table below provides a list of supported ciphers for SSH.

SSH Supported MAC

The table below provides a list of supported MAC algorithms for SSH.