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IBM MQ v9.2 Deprecated Cipher Specs

Last Updated: 2022-08-31

A list of deprecated CipherSpecs that you are able to use with IBM® MQ if necessary.

For information about enabling deprecated CipherSpecs, see Enabling deprecated CipherSpecs on IBM MQ for Multiplatforms or Enabling deprecated CipherSpecs on z/OS.

Deprecated CipherSpecs that you can use with IBM MQ TLS support are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Deprecated CipherSpecs you can re-enable for use with IBM MQ
Platform support 1
CipherSpec name
Hex code
Protocol used
Data integrity
Encryption algorithm
Encryption bits
FIPS 2
Suite B
Update when deprecated
CipherSpecs for SSL 3.0

[IBM i]

AES_SHA_US 3 002F SSL 3.0 SHA-1 AES 128 No No 9.0.0.0
All DES_SHA_EXPORT 3 4 5 0009 SSL 3.0 SHA-1 DES 56 No No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

DES_SHA_EXPORT1024 3 6 0062 SSL 3.0 SHA-1 DES 56 No No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

FIPS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA 3 FEFE SSL 3.0 SHA-1 DES 56 No7 No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

FIPS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA 3 FEFF SSL 3.0 SHA-1 3DES 168 No8 No 9.0.0.1 and 9.0.1
All NULL_MD5 3 0001 SSL 3.0 MD5 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1
All NULL_SHA 3 0002 SSL 3.0 SHA-1 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1
All RC2_MD5_EXPORT 3 4 5 0006 SSL 3.0 MD5 RC2 40 No No 9.0.0.0
All RC4_MD5_EXPORT 4 3 0003 SSL 3.0 MD5 RC4 40 No No 9.0.0.0
All RC4_MD5_US 3 0004 SSL 3.0 MD5 RC4 128 No No 9.0.0.0
All RC4_SHA_US 3 5 0005 SSL 3.0 SHA-1 RC4 128 No No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

RC4_56_SHA_EXPORT1024 3 6 0064 SSL 3.0 SHA-1 RC4 56 No No 9.0.0.0
All TRIPLE_DES_SHA_US 3 5 000A SSL 3.0 SHA-1 3DES 168 No No 9.0.0.1 and 9.0.1
CipherSpecs for TLS 1.0

[IBM i]

TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC2_40_MD5 3 0006 TLS 1.0 MD5 RC2 40 No No 9.0.0.0

[IBM i]

TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD53 4 0003 TLS 1.0 MD5 RC4 40 No No 9.0.0.0
All TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA 3 0009 TLS 1.0 SHA-1 DES 56 No9 No 9.0.0.0

[IBM i]

TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5 3 0001 TLS 1.0 MD5 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1

[IBM i]

TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA 3 0002 TLS 1.0 SHA-1 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1

[IBM i]

TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 3 0004 TLS 1.0 MD5 RC4 128 No No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows][z/OS]

TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA 10 002F TLS 1.0 SHA-1 AES 128 Yes No 9.0.5

[AIX, Linux, Windows][z/OS]

TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA 6 10 0035 TLS 1.0 SHA-1 AES 256 Yes No 9.0.5
All TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA 000A TLS 1.0 SHA-1 3DES 168 Yes No 9.0.0.1 and 9.0.1
CipherSpecs for TLS 1.2

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

ECDHE_ECDSA_NULL_SHA256 3 C006 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

ECDHE_ECDSA_RC4_128_SHA256 3 C007 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 RC4 128 No No 9.0.0.0

[IBM i][AIX, Linux, Windows]

ECDHE_RSA_NULL_SHA256 3 C010 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1

[IBM i][AIX, Linux, Windows]

ECDHE_RSA_RC4_128_SHA256 3 C011 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 RC4 128 No No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_NULL 3 0000 TLS 1.2 None None 0 No No 9.0.0.1
All TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256 3 003B TLS 1.2 SHA-256 None 0 No No 9.0.0.1

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA256 3 0005 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 RC4 128 No No 9.0.0.0

[AIX, Linux, Windows]

ECDHE_ECDSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA256 C0008 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 3DES 168 Yes No 9.0.0.1 and 9.0.1

[IBM i][AIX, Linux, Windows]

ECDHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA256 C012 TLS 1.2 SHA-1 3DES 168 Yes No 9.0.0.1 and 9.0.1
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