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Enabling TLS 1.2 for IBM Rational DOORS Web Access

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Question

How to enable TLS 1.2 (Transport Layer Security) for IBM Rational DOORS Web Access (DWA) product.

Cause

The document Configuring Rational DOORS Web Access to use SSL or TLS gives steps to enable DWA .
However, this enables the TLS but not specific to TLS 1.2.

Answer

To enable TLS 1.2 version:
  1. Open server.xml file in Notepad
  2. Add following lines:
    sslProtocol="TLS"
    sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1.2,TLSv1.1"
     
  3. Save and Close the File
  4. Re-start DWA
  5. Edit server.start.bat (server.start.sh for Linux)
  6. Add the line: set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 January 2021

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swg22007737

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