PI30882: SPECIFYING CIPHER SPEC STRING NOT DOCUMENTED FOR PD TOOLS COMMON COMPONENT, CIPHER STRING NOT PROPAGATED TO THE USER SESSION.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 1) How to specify a cipher spec string is not documented
  for the PD Tools Common Component client server.
  
  2) Cipher specs set for the first handshake when communicating
  with the PD Tools Common Component client server, are not
  propagated to the second handshake.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All PDTCC Common Server Users.               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 1. No documentation exists for setting  *
  *                      the cipher specification to be used by  *
  *                      System SSL for common servers with SSL  *
  *                      active.                                 *
  *                      2. Setting the cipher for System SSL    *
  *                      is not propagated to the user session   *
  *                      launched by the common server.          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The common server has been modified in order to propagate the
  settings for environment variables GSK_V3_CIPHER_SPECS or
  GSK_V3_CIPHER_SPECS_EXPANDED to the launched user session.
  The sample server JCL and the Customisation Guide have been
  updated in order to show how to set environment variables
  used by System SSL to set the cipher specifications.
  
  For the documentation changes associated with this APAR,
  please refer to:
  
  For PDTCC R6
  
  ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/awdtools/
  filemanager/pdtcc1p6apar.pdf
  
  The changes are to the following publications:
  
  PUB ID        PUB NAME
  ------------  ----------------------------------------
  
  SC19-3690-02  Problem Determination Tools for z/OS Common
                Component Customization Guide and User Guide
  
  
  For PDTCC R7
  
  ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/awdtools/
  filemanager/pdtcc1p7apar.pdf
  
  The changes are to the following publications:
  
  PUB ID        PUB NAME
  ------------  ----------------------------------------
  
  SC19-4159-01 Problem Determination Tools for z/OS Common
                Component Customization Guide and User Guide
  
  The latest published manuals can be found at:
  http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/filemanager/library/
         index.html.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Modules/Macros

•    IPVCONFG IPVCTRC  IPVSRV   IPVSRVRF IPVSRVSF
  IPVSRVSL IPVSRVTE IPVSRV1  IPV0LVL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ZPDTOOLS CCOMP(

• Fixed component ID

  5655IPV00

Applicable component levels

• R160 PSY UI26365

     UP15/04/01 P F503

• R170 PSY UI26366

     UP15/04/01 P F503

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