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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Db2
Components Security
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 16, 2017

Need GSKTRACE tool to format binary GSKTRACE ouput ... similar to DB2 z/OS

We have enabled TLS on a db2 connect gateway

SSL cipher specs (SSL_CIPHERSPECS) =
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
SSL versions (SSL_VERSIONS) = TLSV1,TLSV12

An application wants to connect , but the connection fails with...

2017-08-18-18.01.07.462096+120 I549A473 LEVEL: Error
PID : 11862032 TID : 25959 PROC : db2sysc 0
INSTANCE: tdbi30 NODE : 000
APPHDL : 0-17839
HOSTNAME: iuts527
EDUID : 25959 EDUNAME: db2agent () 0
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, common communication, sqlccMapSSLErrorToDB2Error,
probe:30
MESSAGE : DIA3604E The SSL function "gsk_secure_soc_init" failed with
the return code "402" in "sqlccSSLSocketSetup".

That means, the application does not support any of the CIPHER_SPECS or the TLS protocol. We do not have any chance to detect the application
(no userid, no IP).

We wanted to use GSKTRACE to find the client/application accessing with not supported CIPHER_SPECS, but the GSKTRACE generates only binary output. We need a tool to format the binary on Linux/UNIX/Windows platforms ... similar to the tool available for DB2 z/OS:

'GSKTRACE (gsktrace utility) command'
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSB27U_6.2.0/com.ibm.zvm.v62
0.kijl0/hcsk7c1145.htm