Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 3
Situation
The cipher strength in remote manager needs to be configurable.
Resolution
As of the April maintenance release for OES the cipher strength is configurable.
To set the cipher strength modify the /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file and add or uncomment the cipher line. The syntax would be:
cipher level
The possible levels are:
all Allows any negotiated encryption level. This is the default value.
low Allows less than 56-bit encryption.
medium Allows 56-bit up to 112-bit encryption.
high Allows 112-bit or greater encryption.
Once the level has been set httpstkd needs to be restarted. This can be done by running rcnovell-httpstkd restart.
To set the cipher strength modify the /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file and add or uncomment the cipher line. The syntax would be:
cipher level
The possible levels are:
all Allows any negotiated encryption level. This is the default value.
low Allows less than 56-bit encryption.
medium Allows 56-bit up to 112-bit encryption.
high Allows 112-bit or greater encryption.
Once the level has been set httpstkd needs to be restarted. This can be done by running rcnovell-httpstkd restart.
Additional Information
This functionality should be available in novell-nrm-2.01-0.14 and newer.