DEFAULT_CIPHER - UCMD Manager configuration option

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Last updated: Mar 07, 2023
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Description

The DEFAULT_CIPHER option specifies the SSL/TLS cipher suite to be used for data sessions when the DATA_ENCRYPTION configuration option is set to no.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

n/a





Command Line, Long Form

-default_cipher cipher


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Environment Variable

UCMDDEFAULTCIPHER=cipher

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Configuration File Keyword

default_cipher cipher

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STRUCM Parameter

DFTCPHR(cipher)

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Values

cipher is the SSL/TLS cipher suite to be used.

The following table identifies the list of SSL/TLS cipher suites supported for this option.
 

Cipher Suite

Description

AES256-GCM-SHA384

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

AES256-SHA

256-bit AES encryption with SHA-1 message digest.

AES128-GCM-SHA256

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

AES128-SHA

128-bit AES encryption with SHA-1 message digest.

ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384Ephemeral Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, RSA authentication, 256-bit AES encryption in Galois Counter Mode, SHA-2 384-bit message digest.
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384Ephemeral Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, ECDSA authentication, 256-bit AES encryption in Galois Counter Mode, SHA-2 384-bit message digest.
ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256Ephemeral Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, RSA authentication, 128-bit AES encryption in Galois Counter Mode, SHA-2 256-bit message digest.
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256Ephemeral Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, ECDSA authentication, 128-bit AES encryption in Galois Counter Mode, SHA-2 256-bit message digest.

RC4-SHA

128-bit RC4 encryption with SHA-1 message digest.

RC4-MD5

128-bit RC4 encryption with MD5 message digest.

DES-CBC3-SHA

128-bit Triple-DES encryption with SHA-1 message digest.

DES-CBC-SHA
                                     

128-bit DES encryption with SHA-1 message digest.
 

Note

As of Universal Agent 6.7.0.0, DES-CBC-SHA is supported only on HP-UX.
 
Additionally, any Agents on HP-UX that accept connections from, or attempt connections to, Agents on other platforms must be configured with at least one currently supported cipher suite besides DES-CBC-SHA. Therefore, those HP-UX Agents cannot be configured only with DES-CBC-SHA in their list of cipher suites.

NULL-SHA256

No encryption and SHA-2 256-bit message digest.

NULL-SHA

No encryption and SHA-1 message digest.

NULL-MD5

No encryption and MD5 message digest.

NULL-NULL

No encryption, no data authentication, SSL/TLS is not used; instead, Universal V2 Protocol(UNVv2) is used.


Default is NULL-MD5.