What's new and changed in Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3

Changes to functions and resources in IBM® MQ 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3 are described in this section.

Security: PAM authentication
Deprecated CipherSpecs
Serviceability enhancements for Managed File Transfer
Support for MQTT Version 3.1.1 Oasis standard
IBM MQ Virtual System Pattern Type

Security: PAM authentication

From Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3, you can use the Pluggable Authentication Method (PAM) on UNIX and Linux® platforms.

For more information, see Using the Pluggable Authentication Method.

Deprecated CipherSpecs

From Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3, the following CipherSpecs are deprecated:

RC2_MD5_EXPORT
RC4_MD5_EXPORT
RC4_MD5_US
RC4_SHA_US
RC4_56_SHA_EXPORT1024
TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC2_40_MD5
TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5
TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
ECDHE_ECDSA_RC4_128_SHA256
ECDHE_RSA_RC4_128_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA256

For more information, see Deprecated cipherspecs.

Serviceability enhancements for Managed File Transfer

From Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3, the following changes have been made for Managed File Transfer:

The default value for of the commandMessagePriority property in the installation.properties file has changed to 8. For more information, see installation.properties file.
The default value for of the logTransferRecovery property in the agent.properties file has changed to true. For more information, see agent.properties file.
A first failure data capture (FDC) is generated if an agent encounters an unrecoverable error.

Support for MQTT Version 3.1.1 Oasis standard

From Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3 you can set the MQTT channel to use the Oasis MQTT Version 3.1.1 client protocol. For more information, see IBM MQ Telemetry Transport format and protocol.

IBM MQ Virtual System Pattern Type

From Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 3, you can add IBM MQ Multi-Instance support using different virtual machines in your pattern. For more information, see Adding IBM MQ Multi-Instance support.