Message XCOMM1516W SSLv3 protocol enabled

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - z/OS
• XCOM - SUPPORT

Issue/Introduction

This warning message is appearing in the log, how to eliminate it?

XCOMM1516W SSLv3 protocol enabled.

 

Environment

Release : 12.0

Component : CA XCOM Data Transport for z/OS

Cause

The system has detected that the SSLv3 protocol has been enabled and displays this warning message. This occurs when SSL_METHOD has been set to either V3 or ALL and the SSL_OPTION SSL_OP_NO_V3 has not been specified. This is an obsolete and insecure protocol. 

Resolution

This is a warning message and cannot be removed.

It is recommended to use any supported TLS SSL_METHOD such as TLS, TLSV1.1 or TLSv1.2, or higher when available, as vulnerabilities have been found with the SSLv3 protocol.