How to Disable Weak Ciphers in Dell Security Management Server and Virtual Server (2024)

During the initial Enterprise Edition install, after we have input the SQL hostname and database name, the following errors appear:

Dell Security Management Server

• Disable RC4/DES/3DES cipher suites in Windows using registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), or local security settings.

  • You can do this using GPO or Local security policy under Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > SSL Configuration Settings > SSL Cipher Suite Order.

  • Set this policy to enable. Each cipher suite should be separated with a comma. Remove as needed based on the list below.

    See Also

    How to Disable Weak Ciphers in Dell Security Management Server and Virtual ServerHow to disable 3DES and RC4 on Windows Server 2019? - Microsoft Q&ALesson learned: Disabling weak TLS cipher suites without breaking up everything • Soluto Engineering BlogDisable-TlsCipherSuite (TLS)

  • To disable based on registry, reference this article:

    • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/245030

• Modify the Compliance Reporter settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: \Dell\Enterprise Edition\Compliance Reporter\conf\eserver.properties

  • Set

eserver.ciphers=TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

• Save;

• Modify the Console Web Services settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: \Dell\Enterprise Edition\Console Web Services\conf\eserver.properties

  Note: Starting in 9.2 the console web service is no longer present.

  • Set

eserver.ciphers=TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

• Modify the Device Server settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: \Dell\Enterprise Edition\Device Server\conf\spring-jetty.xml

  • Update the list in this section to exclude the vulnerable cipher suites. A list of suggested excluded cipher suites below.

  • Save

    See Also

    Ciphers available on the NetScaler appliances

• Modify the Security Server settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: \Dell\Enterprise Edition\Security Server\conf\spring-jetty.xml

  • Update the list in both sections to exclude the vulnerable cipher suites. A list of suggested excluded cipher suites below.

  • Save

• If Windows settings were changed, reboot back-end DDP|E server. If Windows settings were not changed, stop all DDP|E Windows services, and then start the services again.

• Check for any stopped services.

• Test new endpoint activation

• Test a Remote Management Console thick client (if TLS1.0 is enabled in Windows).

• Test Silverlight Console

Windows Secure Cipher Suites suggested inclusion list

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P521TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P521TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA384_P521TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA384_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P521TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHATLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHATLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384_P521TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P521TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P521TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P521TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P521TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P521TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P256

Jetty Weak Cipher Suites suggested Exclusion list

<list><value>SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5</value><value>SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</value><value>TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256</value><value>TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256</value><value>TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256</value><value>TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256</value><value>TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA</value><value>SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value><value>SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</value><value>SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA</value><value>SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5</value><value>TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value><value>SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value><value>TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA</value></list>

Dell Security Management Server Virtual

• Modify the Compliance Reporter settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: /opt/dell/server/reporter/conf/eserver.properties

  • Set

eserver.ciphers=TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

• Save

• Modify the Console Web Services settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: /opt/dell/server/console-web-services/conf/eserver.properties

  Note: Starting in 9.2 the console web service is no longer present.

  • Set

eserver.ciphers=TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

• Save

• Modify the Device Server settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: /opt/dell/server/security-server/conf/spring-jetty.xml
  • Update the list in this section to exclude the vulnerable cipher suites. A list of suggested excluded cipher suites below.
  • Save
  • Modify the Security Server settings to only allow modern cipher suites at this location: /opt/dell/server/security-server/conf/spring-jetty.xml

    • Update the list in both sections to exclude the vulnerable cipher suites. A list of suggested excluded cipher suites below.

    • Save
    • Reboot the DDP | VE server.
    • Check for any stopped services.
    • Test new endpoint activation
    • Test a Remote Management Console thick client (if TLS1.0 is enabled in Windows).