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Tool Description:
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The EPP Tool is a form-based tool and it has the user desktop and EPP server as the EPP connection endpoint. It mainly supports three systems: (1) Core, (2) NameStore and (3) DotName.

It has Putty like collection of connection properties that can be used to connect to the designated servers. These connection properties should be defined in the connection profiles files. You can also define sample data files for different systems and generate EPP xml for various EPP commands using the properties defined in these files. The tool has a Status Pane widget that displays information like EPP request packet size, EPP response packet size, time taken to establish connection with the EPP server etc.

The tool supports Hosted and Desktop mode deployments.

Tool Properties Files:
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These properties files reside in the config directory. 

In the config directory:
(1) epptool.properties:
The properties in this file control the visibility and editability of UI controls shown in the connection page. This property file also helps to configure algorithm types and digest types, which are used for DNSSEC.

In the config/profiles directory:
The files in this directory are the connection profiles used by the tool. 

In the config/sampledata directory:
The tool comes bundled with 3 base sample data files. You can put your own sample data files in the directory.

SSL Certificates:
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SSL certificates should be  kept under the config/certificates directory.