ITPAM settings for FIPS in OasisConfig.Properties

Products

• CA Process Automation Base

Issue/Introduction

In OasisConfig.Properties there are a number of references to FIPS - which one means that FIPS is currently enabled in CA Process Automation (ITPAM)?

Environment

Release : 4.3

Component : Process Automation

Resolution

If FIPS mode needs to be enabled or disabled, it is necessary to re-run the ITPAM installer; you cannot just edit the configuration file. However, to tell what setting, look at isFipsMode:

isFipsMode=false

means that FIPS is currently disabled.

isFipsMode=true

means that FIPS is currently enabled.

This may be confused because there is also this line:

FIPS_COMPLIANT=true

This entry does not mean we are installed in FIPS mode or not - instead, it is a line in the current 4.3.05 release that states that ITPAM can speak to other components where FIPS is enabled.