Switching QMF to the FIPS-140 security standard

You can switch QMF to the FIPS-140 computer security standard by configuring a security provider definition.

About this task

To switch to the FIPS-140 standard, perform the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. In the QMF installation directory, open the java.security file in edit mode.
  2. Find a list of security provider definitions by looking for the following: security.provider.N=, where N represents a number.
  3. Insert the following line to the first position of this list: security.provider.1=com.ibm.crypto.fips.provider.IBMJCEFIPS
  4. Modify the numbers for the other security provider definitions in the list.
    When you open QMF, the application will work in FIPS-140 mode.