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DeonM
PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:31 pm    Post subject: SSL Certificates and Cipher spec's Reply with quote

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Joined: 23 May 2008
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Hi,

I've tested with self signed certificates between AIX and Zos queue managers successfully with Cipher Spec: TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

Zos: V8
AIX V9

question 1. Channels not working with all Cipher Specs supported on AIX and Zos. Is this due to the self signed certificates.

Question2. Will request now CA signed certificates. (Any specific type of Certificate, key usage)

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Deon.
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hughson
PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:47 am    Post subject: Re: SSL Certificates and Cipher spec's Reply with quote

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DeonM wrote:
question 1. Channels not working with all Cipher Specs supported on AIX and Zos. Is this due to the self signed certificates.

If you are asking why the same certificate you got working with TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA doesn't work with some other cipherspecs, it's not due to the self-signed nature of your certificate, but it is due to other aspects of your certificates. Read more in Knowledge Center:

Digital certificates and CipherSpec compatibility in IBM MQ

In short, not all certificates can work with all cipherspecs.

DeonM wrote:
Question2. Will request now CA signed certificates. (Any specific type of Certificate, key usage)

I suspect others will also jump in with recommendations, but as per the above link, you need to know what cipherspecs you intend to use before you decide what type of certificate to get.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Depending on your CA you may also have to check purpose / suitability fields for the cert.
Make sure to check all the relevant ones like (but not exhaustive)
  • server auth
  • client auth
  • Digital Signature
  • non Repudiation
  • key encipherment
  • data encipherment
  • key agreement


Hope it helps
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DeonM
PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:26 am    Post subject: Cipher specs. Reply with quote

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Hi,

Thx for the link, will have a look.

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