September 23, 2019. This post is the closing one in a multi-part series talking about setting up and configuring key and trust stores for IBM MQ and IBM Integration Bus. Windows Repository Configuration Today we will talk about adding and accessing the key stores on Windows. Windows is a whole different kingdom with its own […]
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How to Create and Configure SSL Key and Trust Stores Part 2/3
This post is the second in a multi-part series talking about setting up and configuring key and trust stores for IBM MQ and IBM Integration Bus. The screenshots are clickable for a sharp image. At this point you should have your key stores and trust stores created and empty. The next step is creating a […]
How to Create and Configure SSL Key and Trust Stores Part 1/3
This post will be the first in a multi-part series talking about configuring various key stores and trust stores IBM MQ and IBM Integration Bus and populating them with certificates. General Information Key stores and trust stores are files in a proprietary format. Key stores hold certificates that an application sends across during the SSL […]
Enabling TLS for IBM MQ Inter-cluster Communication
July 12, 2019 In this post, we will take a look at enabling TLS for IBM MQ inter-cluster communication. Enabling TLS on the MQ cluster is one of the easiest things you can do for the security of your MQ infrastructure. Prerequisites First of all, you need to have your key stores setup on all […]
Preparing for TLS 1.0/1.1 Deprecation and Why You Should Care
As you may have heard through the grape vine, TLS 1.0/1.1 will be deprecated starting October 31st, 2018. So what does that mean and why should you care? In this article we’ll discuss what this means for users of Lync/Skype for Business on-premises and Skype for Business Online and why TLS 1.2 will be mandatory going […]
Mule And SSL Debugging
The newer Mule release (I’m currently on 3.8.3) has stopped supporting TLSv1 out of the box. But in some cases, your Mule application may need to “shake hands” with an older application that runs SSL (with TLSv1). For an on-prem server, the solution is to modify “MuleHome/conf/tls-default.conf” file, and change this line: enabledProtocols=TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 Please note […]
A Recipe for Solid SSL in Sitecore
When building a modern website, a developer needs to pay attention to many things. One of those is security; it always should be placed at the top of the priority list. And the best way to protect site bytes and user input while they’re traveling between a browser and web servers is Transport Layer Security (TLS a.k.a. SSL). If you want to learn how TLS can be implemented in Sitecore, you don’t need to search further. Let’s start…