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Setting Client Security Requirements
To enable FIPS-140, perform the following steps:
Install the plug-in following the FIPS-140 instructions.
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Access either the Administration Server or the Server Manager and choose the
2.
Preferences tab.
For the Server Manager you must first select the server instance from the
drop-down list.
Click the Edit Listen Sockets link.
3.
The Listen Socket Table page appears.
Use the drop-down Action list to select Edit, if not already displayed, for the
4.
connection group you are enabling FIPS-140 on.
Use the drop-down list to turn Security on for that connection group, if it is off.
5.
Click OK.
6.
The Attributes link now appears.
Click the Attributes link.
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The Security Settings of Listen Socket page appears.
8.
Click the SSL3/TLS link.
9.
The Security Feature window appears.
Check Allow: SSL version 3, if it is not already checked.
10.
Select the appropriate FIPS-140 cipher suite:
11.
Click OK to close the Security Features window.
12.
Click OK
13.
For the Server Manager, click Apply, and then Restart for changes to take
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effect.
Setting Client Security Requirements
After you have performed all of the steps to secure your servers, you can set
additional security requirements for your clients.
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(FIPS) DES with 56 bit encryption and SHA message authentication
(FIPS) Triple DES with 168 bit encryption and SHA message authentication
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