No. It does not matter. You should be able to explain to an auditor that the accepted mitigation is to apply a vendor patch or disable the cipher. IBM patched the problem 17 years ago so the former mitigation task has been completed for any application that uses system encryption.
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:18 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: V7R3 SSL system values and SSLCONFIG settings - is it ok to leave all at default?
Does it matter that IBM confirmed that IBM i is not vulnerable when you fail all audits for using an obsolete cipher?
Rob Berendt
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