WebSphere MQ / MQSeries using SSL

[James Cobane]

Has anyone had any experience dealing with WebSphere MQ / MQSeries with SSL via Cloverleaf?  We have a proposal to connect to Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the initial requirements document from BCBS states the following:

“With the release of version 5.3 IBM has changed the name of MQSeries to WebSphere MQ.

WebSphere MQ connectivity:

WebSphere MQ, in support of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), has been identified as an alternative to

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) for enabling secure access to the BCBSM network.  For information on WebSphere MQ, visit http://www.software.ibm.com/ts/mqseries.

Support of SSL requires that WebSphere MQ software be at release 5.3.

Both WebSphere MQ Server and Client support SSL.

Operating systems that support SSL on the WebSphere MQ Client:

AIX

HP-UX

Linux for Intel

Linux for zSeries

Solaris

Windows (2000, XP)

Additional operating systems support SSL on the WebSphere MQ Server.

The following IBM software can substitute for MQ Client:

WebSphere MQ Java client applications

(WebSphere MQ JMS  connections using TRANSPORT(CLIENT) also support SSL.)”

Any information/help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim Cobane

Henry Ford Health

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