> Enabling FIPS Compliance
> You can enable TIBCO Enterprise Message Service to run in compliance with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), Publication 140-2.
> Enabling the EMS Server

> | The EMS server supports FIPS compliance only on Windows, Linux, and Solaris 10 (x86) platforms. On UNIX, only tibemsd64, the 64-bit version of the server, is supported. No 32-bit support is provided.

> To enable FIPS 140-2 operations in the EMS server:

> ● | Set the fips140-2 parameter in the main configuration file to true.

> ● | Ensure that incompatible parameters, listed below, are not included in the server configuration files.

> When fips140-2 is enabled, on start-up the EMS server initializes in compliance with FIPS 140-2. If the initialization is successful, the EMS server prints a message indicating that it is operating in this mode. If the initialization fails, the server exits (regardless of the startup_abort_list setting).
> Incompatible Parameters
> In order to operate in FIPS compliant mode, you must not include these parameters in the tibemsd.conf file:

> ● | ssl_dh_size

> ● | ssl_server_ciphers

> ● | ldap_tls_rand_file

> ● | ldap_tls_cipher_suite

> ● | ft_ssl_ciphers

> These parameters cannot be included in the routes.conf file:

> ● | ssl_ciphers

> Enabling EMS Clients
> Java and C client applications can operate in FIPS compliance:

> ● | Java Clients Java clients that use the Entrust implementation of SSL, rather than the JSSE that is included with EMS, can operate in FIPS 140-2 complaint mode.

> To enable FIPS 140-2 operations in the Java client:

> − | Set the com.tibco.security.FIPS property to true before calling any EMS methods.

> − | Download and install the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files for your JDK installation. These files are available on the Sun Microsystems website.

> For more information about using Entrust, see Configuring SSL in EMS Clients.

> ● | C Clients C clients that link to the dynamic EMS libraries can operate in FIPS 140-2 compliant mode. FIPS compliance is not available with static libraries.

> To enable FIPS 140-2 operations in the C client, use compliant OpenSSL libraries, and initialize the libraries to enable FIPS 140-2 operations before calling any EMS functions.

> | C libraries support FIPS compliance only on Windows, Linux, and Solaris 10 (x86) platforms. On UNIX, only the 64-bit C libraries are supported. No 32-bit support is provided.

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