Census Reminds AES Trade Partners of Upcoming VPN Migration
The Census Bureau has issued an Automated Export System broadcast to notify AES Trade Partners of a mandatory change for the migration of CBP’s AES Virtual Private Network (VPN) Endpoints to the new DHS Data Center VPN Gateways. The change must be implemented or scheduled (as applicable) by December 15, 2010.
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(In September 2010, CBP announced that it was migrating the Trade System VPN Endpoints to the new DHS Data Center’s VPN Gateways starting on September 21, 2010. See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/07/10 news, 10090721, for BP summary announcing the migration.)
Census states that AES Trade Partners should direct this AES broadcast to their IT support personnel to ascertain which of the two following communications pertains to their current network connectivity solutions:
Instructions for Those Using MQ Client and Internet VPN
For AES Trade Partners that participate in the CBP Trade VPN Program and use MQ Client to communicate to CBP via Internet VPN (dynamic VPN client), Census says that CBP’s instructions on how to implement a simple change to their configuration to allow their connection to be pointed to new DHS data center secure VPN Gateways should be followed and implemented by December 15. The instructions are available here.
Instructions for Those Using MQ Server and Internet/MPLS VPN
For AES Trade Partners that participate in the CBP Trade VPN Program and use MQ Server to communicate to CBP via Internet/MPLS VPN, CBP has actively begun scheduling the migration of their VPN link to the new DHS Data Center’s VPN Gateways. This mandatory migration will enhance availability/uptime and position the Trade Partner’s to be ready in case of unforeseen outages. The company should send its name, technical POC name, email address and phone number to TICMigration@cbp.dhs.gov for more details, and schedule the migration by December 15, 2010. Instructions are available here.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 10/27/10 news, 10102704, for BP summary of CBP CSMS message on the December 15, 2010 deadline.)
AES Trade Partner questions should be directed to CBP at 1-877-347-1638, Option 1, or via email at TICMigration@cbp.dhs.gov.
AES broadcast #2010050A, dated 11/09/10, available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com.