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PO04027: GETTING ERROR "FAILED TO ENCRYPT DATA" WHEN TRYING TO CREATE NEW SECURITY FILE IN IBASE DESIGNER.

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APAR status

  • Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

  • A customer of ours needs to enable FIPS-140-2 security for the
iBase environment. When that is enabled, they can no longer
open or create security files in iBase Designer. Below is the
details of the error message.

"Failed to encrypt data"

the details of the problem are :
"An error occurred in
MSecurity::E
MSecurity:EncodeSecurityPolicy
idSecurityPolicy:Save
FMain:DoCommand(SecurityFileNew)

Local fix

  • Change the default value of 1 of the following registry key to
0.

"HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\FIPSAlgorithmPolicy\E
nabled"

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Comments


    

  • FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is the
U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit
cryptographic modules.  This capability is not currently
available in iBase.

    



APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PO04027
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  • Reported component name
    I2 IBASE
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  • Reported component ID
    5725G1500
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  • Reported release
    8XX
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  • Status
    CLOSED  SUG
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt
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  • Submitted date
    2014-09-08
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  • Closed date
    2014-11-25
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  • Last modified date
    2014-11-25
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            Modified date:
            

            25 November 2014
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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