The WebSphere Application Server must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Export grade encryption suites are not strong and do not meet DoD requirements. The encryption for the session becomes easy for the attacker to break. Do not use export grade encryption. Information on disabling export ciphers can be found in Knowledge Center at this link: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS7K4U_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.ihs.doc/ihs/rihs_ciphspec.html
- ID
- SV-96105r1_rule
- Version
- WBSP-AS-001610
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> SSL configurations >> [Name] >> for each SSL configuration
Select "Quality of protection (QoP) settings" under "Cipher suite" settings.
Identify any ciphers that include "EXPORT" in their name.