IC88761: HOW CAN WE DYNAMICALLY UPDATE SYSTEM CERTIFICATES WHERE WE KEEP THE CERTIFICATE NAME AND ALSO THE SYSTEM CERTIFICATE ID?

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Certificateificate management: Some services and adapters use
  system certificate ID, other use the system certificate name.
  This means that when the system certificate expires and a new
  one must be created, there is no simple way of updating
  all adapters to use the correct certificate.It should be
  standardized across all SI adapters that they use the system
  certificate name value.
  For example CDSA and HTTP Server/FTP Server adapter use the
  certificateificate Name. However, FTP and Http client
  adapter/Begin Session services
  use the certificateificate ID. Managing the certificates via
  HSM will not work as the object ID is still
  updated when the new certificate is imported into SI.
  

Local fix

• STRRTC - 350322
  LM / LM
  Circumvention: None
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected: ALL
  
  Problem Description:
  Currently the only way to update the System Certificate is to
  delete and create a new system certificate with same name.
  But this creates a new object id instead of using the same.
  Ideally, the same object id should be updated with new
  certificate details.
  
  Problem Summary:
  Currently, to update the certificate - user have to delete the
  existing certificate and then create a new certificate with same
  certificate name.
  Instead update the existing certificate without deleting it by
  providing an upload option in case of key certificate and pkcs.
  In case of self signed certificate the individual fields will be
  editable.
  

Problem conclusion

• With the fix, when user edits a system certificate, he/she has
  to choose among Self Signed, Key or PKCS 12 certificate.
  Providing an upload option in case of key certificate and pkcs.
  In case of self signed certificate the individual fields will be
  editable.
  > Update the system certificate from UI -
  (Exception: In self signed edit - "Set Certificate Signing Bit"
  field could not retain its older value as same is not saved in
  certificate or database,
  this value is only used to generate the certificate and is not
  known once the certificate is created. Hence, this value could
  not retain its older value.
  In Key cert and PKCS cert - password and file uploads are not
  retained as per the practice.)
  
  On click of edit link from certificate search result screen,
      Take the user to a new screen which asks to chose among
  three options:
                     o Self Signed Certificate
                     o Key Certificate
                     o PKCS12 Certificate
  Once the user chooses one of the above, the wizard will take
  care of showing the respective screens to edit the fields (self
  signed)
  or upload the .txt file (key cert) or upload .pfx file (pkcs12).
  Once user clicks finish, the same objective id will be updated.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STR B2B INTEGRA

• Fixed component ID

  5725D0600

Applicable component levels

• R524 PSY

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