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This topic describes the secure CME Globex logon process and scenarios for iLink and Drop Copy including: 

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For more information on HMAC, please refer to:

Testing and Certification

Certification via AutoCert+ is required for the CME Globex API secure logon. An iLink and Drop Copy certification suite is currently available in AutoCert+.

Note: Customers must create secure key pairs for New Release and CERT iLink and Drop Copy Sessions in the Request Center NR/CERT. 

Click here to access the help file to learn about the Request Center NR/CERT.

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iLink and Drop Copy Security Credentials

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titleSecure Key Pair Creation and Management in the CME Customer Center

When a customer creates a secure key pair, the credentials can be viewed and downloaded in the CME Customer Center.

  • Once created, credentials are accessible and available for multiple downloads in the CME Customer Center.
    • Clients are limited to 10 2FA tokens for logon and download per day.
  • A customer can have up to two secure key pairs for a Session ID for up to four weeks, after which the older secure key pair is automatically expired.
    • A newly created secure key pair will have a status of active, i.e. valid for logon.
    • The first secure key pair will expire in four weeks after the market close.
  • If a customer generates a third secure key pair:

    • One of the existing secure key pairs will be deleted, effective immediately, based on the customer selection. 
    • The remaining  secure key pair will expire in four weeks after the market close.
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 The Request Center is closed on weekends, from 4:30 pm Friday to 10:00 am Sunday CT.

For security reasons, CME Group requires customers to change their security credentials every 12 months. Notification regarding pending security credential expiration will be sent to registered administrators.

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In a Disaster Recovery (DR) scenario, if a customer has created or managed the secure key pair (Access Key ID + Secret Key) in production within 15 minutes prior to the disaster event, that security credential change may not be reflected in the DR environment; in such an unlikely event, customers should generate a new secure key pair upon CME Globex transition to the DR environment.

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iLink and Drop Copy logon requests must reach CME Globex within 5 seconds to prevent a stale logon. Timestamps (tag 52-SendingTime) submitted by the client system in the Logon (tag 35-MsgTpe=A) message older than 5 seconds will be rejected. CME Globex will send a Logout (tag 35-MsgType=5) message to the client system.

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To ensure the timestamp value submitted in tag 52 is current, CME Group strongly recommends the following Network Time Protocol guidelines.

Logon Scenarios

Client systems use the Logon (tag 35-MsgType=A) message for authentication with CME Globex. There are three Logon scenarios:

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The client system must submit the Logon message within 60 seconds after establishing a TCP/IP connection. If the client system does not submit the Logon message within 60 seconds, the TCP/IP socket connection is assumed to be stale and the socket is closed.

See also:  Session Layer - Fault Tolerance for a discussion of setting the Fault Tolerance Indicator (FTI) at logon and failover scenarios.

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