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DATA_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES - UCMD Manager configuration option

Description

The DATA_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES option specifies one or more SSL/TLS 1.3 specific cipher suites that are acceptable to use for network communications on the data session, which is used for standard I/O file transmission.

tip

This option is specific to TLS 1.3. To configure ciphers for TLS 1.2 and earlier, see the data_ssl_cipher_list option.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

n/a

Command Line, Long Form

-data_ssl_cipher_suites cipherlist

Environment Variable

UCMDDATASSLCIPHERSUITES=cipherlist

Configuration File Keyword

data_ssl_cipher_suites cipherlist

Values

cipherlist is a comma-separated list of SSL/TLS 1.3 specific cipher suites. The list should be ordered with the most preferred suite first and the least preferred suite last.

The list is in default order, with the most preferred suite first and the least preferred suite last.

tip

If the SSL implementation is System SSL, the order of the list does not indicate preference.

Cipher Suite

Description

TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

256-bit AES encryption in Galois Counter Mode, SHA-2 384-bit message digest

TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

256-bit CHACHA encryption with POLY1305 message authentication, SHA-2 256-bit message digest

TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

128-bit AES encryption in Galois Counter Mode, SHA-2 256-bit message digest