PI67476: IN RATIONAL DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS (RDZ) V9.5 HOST CONNECTION EMULATOR, CA CERTIFICATE FILE WITH .JKS EXTENSION IS NOT ALLOWED

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 2 (9.5.1.1) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 3 (9.5.1.1) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 4 (9.5.1.4) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.5.1.5) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.5.1.6) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 7 (9.5.1.7) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 8 (9.5.1.8) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 9 (9.5.1.9) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 10 (9.5.1.10) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 11 (9.5.1.11) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 12 (9.5.1.12) for 9.5.1.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In Rational Developer for z Systems v9.5, in the Host Connection
  Emulator with SSL enabled, the CA Certificate file with .jks
  extension is not allowed. You can verify it by selecting the
  Browse button of the CA Certificate file. It does not have *.jks
  in the list of allowed file extensions.
  The same problem exists in RDz versions 9.1+, 9.5.1, and
  9.5.1.1.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The the Host Connection Emulator preferences tab, a user is not
  able to specify a file with the .jks extension.  Also, the
  support for JKS keystore needs to be added.
  

Problem conclusion

• The Host Connect Emulator code had been changed to provide
  support for the JKS keystore and for specifying files with .jks
  extension.
  
  The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
  IBM Rational Developer for z Systems V9.5.1.2 Fix Pack which
  is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
  

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

  RATL DEV FOR SY

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels

• R951 PSY

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