The WebSphere Application Server must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-81391	SRG-APP-000439-AS-000274	WBSP-AS-001610	SV-96105r1_rule	2018-08-24	1

Description
Export grade encryption suites are not strong and do not meet DoD requirements. The encryption for the session becomes easy for the attacker to break. Do not use export grade encryption. Information on disabling export ciphers can be found in Knowledge Center at this link: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS7K4U_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.ihs.doc/ihs/rihs_ciphspec.html

ℹ️ Check
From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> SSL configurations >> [Name] >> for each SSL Configuration Select "Quality of protection (QoP) settings". Under "Cipher suite" settings, if any of the ciphers contained in the "Selected ciphers" box" contain "EXPORT" in their name, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> SSL configurations >> [Name] >> for each SSL configuration Select "Quality of protection (QoP) settings" under "Cipher suite" settings. Identify any ciphers that include "EXPORT" in their name. Remove the cipher by selecting the cipher. Click "Remove" button. Click "OK". Recycle the DMGR and sync the JVMs.

✔️ Fix

From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> SSL configurations >> [Name] >> for each SSL configuration Select "Quality of protection (QoP) settings" under "Cipher suite" settings. Identify any ciphers that include "EXPORT" in their name. Remove the cipher by selecting the cipher. Click "Remove" button. Click "OK". Recycle the DMGR and sync the JVMs.