On 08/15/2016 11:15 AM, John Eells wrote: > Pete Conlin wrote: >> I encountered a very similar problem this morning, changed to java >> 8.0 (from 7.0) & was OK (both 31-bit). >> IBM seems to have just started "enforcing" the ftps (vs. ftp) since >> my last maintenance (a couple of weeks ago), so >> I suspect their enforcement also involved changes for those of you >> already dutifully using ftps. >> The sample RECINET program to test this stuff (secure ftp) still >> works wiith java 7.0. > > Yes, the enforcement was implemented over the weekend. I don't know > why changes would have been necessary for those already using either > FTPS or HTTPS. (I was waiting for Kurt to chime in but he's not on > our internal IM system so he might be out.) >
Perhaps the same change also started enforcing rejection of some older, less-secure deprecated cipher protocols, which would hit any that were using secured transmission but were succeeding only by negotiating to a deprecated security protocol. -- Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR jcew...@acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN