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Status Under review
Workspace MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 20, 2025

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Add SPLPROT functionality to distributed MQ platforms

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Add the SPLPROT functionality to distributed MQ platforms. We need this feature for applying AMS policy for our external partners. This is a critical functionality. This is needed to compliy with PCI 4.0 regulations.


SPLPROT (Security Policy Protection) specifies how a server-to-server Message Channel Agent should deal with message protection when AMS is active and an applicable policy exists.


Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    |     Mar 26, 2025

    This is the functionality that needs to be added to the distributed platforms

    Server-to-server message channel interception example configurations

    Last Updated: 2025-01-30

    Server-to-server message channel interception requires configuration of channel definitions, as well as Advanced Message Security policies, to ensure that inbound and outbound messages can be correctly protected or unprotected. The configuration varies depending on whether the channel is inbound or outbound.

    Inbound channel

    The following example shows a typical configuration for an inbound channel of type receiver, and provides details of the AMS policy required to protect unprotected inbound messages:Figure 1. Inbound configurationThe example shows:

    • Queue manager QMA

    • Channel TO.QMA

    • Local queue DESTQ

    Use the following code:

    DEFINE CHANNEL(TO.QMA) CHLTYPE(RCVR) SSLCAUTH(REQUIRED) SSLCIPH(ANY_TLS12) TRPTYPE(TCP) SPLPROT(ASPOLICY)
    DEFINE QLOCAL(DESTQ) DESCR('AMS PROTECTED QUEUE')
    setmqspl -m QMA -p DESTQ -e AES256 -r CN=TEST,O=ORG,C=US

    Note: The policy described in the preceding text encrypts messages only; that is, AMS Confidentiality.

    See setmqspl and the message security policy (CSQ0UTIL) for information on using setmqspl on z/OS®.

    Outbound channel

    The following example shows a typical configuration for an outbound channel of type sender. The example provides details of the AMS policies required to protect messages put to the remote queue, and to unprotect and send messages got from the transmission queue:Figure 2. Outbound configurationThe example shows a:

    • Queue manager QMA

    • Channel TO.BP

    • Local transmission queue TO.BP.XMITQ

    • Remote queue REMOTE.BPQ

    use the following code:

    DEFINE CHANNEL(TO.BP) CHLTYPE(SDR) SSLCAUTH(REQUIRED) SSLCIPH(ANY_TLS12) TRPTYPE(TCP) SPLPROT(REMOVE) CONNAME('server(1414)') XMITQ(TO.BP.XMITQ)

    DEFINE QLOCAL(TO.BP.XMITQ) DESCR('TRANSMISSION QUEUE FOR TO.BP') USAGE(XMITQ)
    DEFINE QREMOTE(REMOTE.BPQ) DESCR('REMOTE QUEUE TO BP') RNAME(BP.LOCALQ) RQMANME(BPQM) XMITQ(TO.BP.XMITQ)
    setmqspl -m QMA -p TO.BP.XMITQ -e AES256 -r CN=TEST,O=ORG,C=US
    setmqspl -m QMA -p REMOTE.BPQ -e AES256 -r CN=TEST,O=ORG,C=US


  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 25, 2025

    Can you please provide a status on this request. This is very critical.

    We need to have the SPLPROT functionality to distributed MQ platforms. If the distributed platform has AMS installed, we would like the SPLPROT functionality applied on the receiver channel. We would have a policy on the local queue. We need the messages encrypted when they are placed on the queue. We would also need this on the cluster receiver channels.


    ASPOLICY: (Receiver, Requester) The MCA applies the security policy to the message, enforcing the protection defined by the AMS policy.

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