Java and JMS: changes to CipherSuite support

The support for SSL/TLS CipherSuites in the IBM® MQ classes for Java and IBM MQ classes for JMS has changed.

Three Java CipherSuites have been removed from the Java classes and must no longer be used in conjunction with SSL-based CipherSpecs. The three CipherSuites must now be used only in conjunction with their corresponding TLS-based IBM MQ CipherSpecs. The following CipherSuites are affected:
  • SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • SSL_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
Attention: MQ Explorer obtains its list of supported ciphers from the Java classes, so MQ Explorer also no longer supports these three specific ciphers.
For more information, see the SSL/TLS CipherSpecs and CipherSuites topics in the Related links.