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Status Delivered
Workspace Db2
Components Security
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 25, 2022

Support encrypted traffic between Db2 client and Db2 server using TLSv1.3

Latest version of Db2 v11.5.7.0 only has TLSv1.2 support as maximum protocol version to encrypt traffic between Db2 client and Db2 server and even this protocol is disabled by default. By default there are enabled currently insecure protocols TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.2. This is pretty conservative and insecure. But my feature request is to add TLSv1.3 in dbm cfg parameter SSL_VERSION. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=parameters-ssl-versions-supported-ssl-versions-server TLSv1.3 is 4 years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#TLS_1.3 We have been using TLSv1.3 in PostgreSQL for at least 3 years. Microsoft SQL Server 2022 has added support support for TLS v1.3: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/networking/tds-8-and-tls-1-3?view=sql-server-ver16
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  • Guest
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    Oct 19, 2022

    Accessing a DB2 database on the mainframe platform or on LUW should only be a detail in the application. The application should work exactly the same on both accesses, and therefore DB2 Connect has to allow this transparency.

    pou