XMSC_WMQ_SSL_FIPS_REQUIRED
- Data type:
- Boolean
- Property of:
- ConnectionFactory
The value of this property determines whether an application can or cannot use non-FIPS compliant cipher suites. If this property is set to true, only FIPS algorithms are used for the client-server connection.
This property can have the following values, which translate to the two canonical values for MQSCO.FipsRequired:
| Value | Description | Corresponding value of MQSCO.FipsRequired |
|---|---|---|
| false | Any CipherSpec can be used. | MQSSL_FIPS_NO (the default) |
| true | Only FIPS-certified cryptographic algorithms can be used in the CipherSpec applying to this client connection. | MQSSL_FIPS_YES |
XMS copies the relevant value into MQSCO.FipsRequired before calling MQCONNX.
The parameter MQSCO.FipsRequired is only available from IBM WebSphere MQ Version 6.0. For IBM WebSphere MQ Version 5.3, if this property is set, XMS does not attempt to make the connection to the queue manager, and throws an appropriate exception instead.
For .NET only: From IBM MQ Version 8.0, managed connections to IBM MQ (WMQ_CM_CLIENT) and unmanaged connections to IBM MQ (WMQ_CM_CLIENT_UNMANAGED) both support TLS/SSL connections.
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