How to disable deprecated TLS versions and weak cipher suites in Remote Manager

  • Document ID:7025120
  • Creation Date:26-May-2021
  • Modified Date:26-May-2021
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Open Enterprise Server

Environment

Open Enterprise Server 2018 (OES 2018) SP1 Linux
Open Enterprise Server 2018 (OES 2018) SP2 Linux

Situation

How to disable deprecated TLS versions and weak cipher suites in Remote Manager

Resolution

The following applies ONLY to OES 2018 SP1 update 11 and newer and OES 2018 SP2 update 4 and newer

Edit the /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file and look for the line:
cipher all

Replace cipher all with the following:
cipher high
SSLNOTLSv1 true
SSLNOTLSv1_1 true

Restart Remote Manager with this command:
systemctl restart novell-httpstkd