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PH20441: CTG6525E UNABLE TO START HANDLER FOR THE SSL:PROTOCOL,PORT:3100,BECAUSE:ÝJAVA.LANG.ILLEGALARGUMENTEXCEPTION

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • TG not start if TLS CIPHER in the protocol sssl.handler,
    getting this error
    CTG6525E Unable to start handler for the
    ssl: protocol, port:3100, because:
    Ýjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException: CTG6495E 	No cipher suites
    available for use by SSL connection~
    

Local fix

  • yes
    

Problem summary

  • IBM JSSE doesn't distinguish between SSL and TLS prefix in the
    name of the cipher suites. CICS TG filters the enabled cipher
    suites that are configured by comparing it with cipher suites
    listed provided  by IBM JSSE's getSupportedCipherSuites
    implementation. Since this method does not list TLS prefixed
    cipher suites, CICS TG throws the error  "CTG6495E No cipher
    suites available for use by SSL connection".
    

Problem conclusion

  • As IBM JSSE implementation supports both SSL and TLS prefixed
    cipher suites, CICS TG is enabled to handle TLS prefixed cipher
    suites as the supported cipher suites for the connection
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH20441

  • Reported component name

    CICS TRNS GATE

  • Reported component ID

    5724I8103

  • Reported release

    910

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2019-12-18

  • Closed date

    2023-07-05

  • Last modified date

    2023-07-05

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    PH20301

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    CICS TRNS GATE

  • Fixed component ID

    5724I8103

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSGMJ2","label":"CICS Transaction Gateway"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"9.1","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB35","label":"Mainframe SW"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
05 July 2023