FIPS Mode

FIPS 140-2, the federal information processing standard that defines security requirements for cryptographic modules, is referred to in most documentation as “FIPS” or “FIPS Mode”. To run TIBCO EMS Client for z/OS (MVS) in FIPS mode on an IBM System Z processor, you must install one of the following:

  • The Crypto Express3 (CEX3C) feature, which is supplied and installed by IBM.
  • The appropriate levels of the IBM Java with IBM® Java™ JCE (Java Cryptographic Extension) FIPS Provider (IBMJCEFIPS).

For more information, see System SSL Environment Customization