Troubleshooting
Problem
What version of Cognos BI or Analytics support TLS 1.2?
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Resolving The Problem
Cognos 11 supports TLS 1.2
Cognos 10.2.2 with FP8 supports TLS 1.2
Cognos 8.4.1, 10.1.x and 10.2.x started supporting TLS 1.2 after the upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2e that went in the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 2016 Q1 Security Updater (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21979767)
To verify if a Cognos installation can accept TLS 1.2 connection, you can run one of the following command (change port if required);
curl [https://cognosBI.ibm.com:9300] --tlsv1.2 --verbose -k
or
openssl s_client -connect cognosBI.ibm.com:9300 -tls1_2
Starting with the 2016 Q1 security updaters and 10.2.2 FP5 the setup will no longer update the OPENSSL version in the cmplst.txt. In order to correctly determine which version of OPENSSL is installed, check the openssl-xxxx-app.ver file in the <install root>\vers folder. This design change was made to accommodate the move from OPENSSL version 0.9 to 1.0.
Cognos 10.2.2 with FP8 supports TLS 1.2
Cognos 8.4.1, 10.1.x and 10.2.x started supporting TLS 1.2 after the upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2e that went in the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 2016 Q1 Security Updater (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21979767)
To verify if a Cognos installation can accept TLS 1.2 connection, you can run one of the following command (change port if required);
curl [https://cognosBI.ibm.com:9300] --tlsv1.2 --verbose -k
or
openssl s_client -connect cognosBI.ibm.com:9300 -tls1_2
Starting with the 2016 Q1 security updaters and 10.2.2 FP5 the setup will no longer update the OPENSSL version in the cmplst.txt. In order to correctly determine which version of OPENSSL is installed, check the openssl-xxxx-app.ver file in the <install root>\vers folder. This design change was made to accommodate the move from OPENSSL version 0.9 to 1.0.
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Modified date:
12 August 2020
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