Lack Of Ciphers In IBM i 7.1 Raises Concern
February 1, 2017 Alex Woodie
Companies running IBM i version 7.1 may be up for a rude awakening when they try to establish an encrypted communication session with a trading partner. According to several reports from users, IBM i servers on V7.1 are being blocked from accessing partner systems via SSL/TLS because they’re not using the latest encryption algorithms required by their partners.
“There are a number of ciphers major trading partners are insisting you use for SSL communications which are not available on IBM i 7.1,” Rob Berendt, a system and security analyst at Group Dekko, says in a recent LinkedIn post titled Is …
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