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05/21/2006 11:39 PM

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Subject
IBM WebSphere Portal may be affected by Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) 
certificate expiration - May 2006






This note contains links (URLs) to technical support documents (technotes) 
related to an issue potentially impacting IBM WebSphere Portal customers. 
You are receiving this notification because you are a customer who has 
called us for technical support in the past year and a half. If you do not 
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mailing separate from regular Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) mailings to 
urgently provide information about this expiration situation.


Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) certificate expiration in WebSphere 
Application Server (WAS)

In WebSphere® Application Server versions 4.0 and 5.0, the IBM® JCE 
certificate expired on 18 May 2006 at 21:59:19 GMT as has been previously 
communicated. Using WebSphere security, SSL, J2C security or applications 
making calls to the IBM JSSE or IBM JCE may encounter failures after 18 
May 2006. This problem affects only IBM JVM 1.2 and 1.3.1 (dated prior to 
040219) and does not apply to IBM JVM 1.4.x or 1.5.x environments.

Title: WebSphere Application Server fix available: IBM Java Cryptography 
Extension (JCE) expires on 18 May 2006
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=688&uid=swg21236660

The WAS fixes are provided here:

Title: Interim Fix: IBM Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) expires on 18 
May 2006
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg21236118

This issue applies to IBM WebSphere Portal server versions 4.1, 4.1.1, 
4.1.2, 4.1.3a, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 
5.0.2, 5.0.2.1, 5.0.2.2, 5.0.2.3 configured to work with WebSphere 
Application Server (WAS) 4.0 and/or 5.0. The problem does not affect WAS 
5.0.2.5 and above, and it does not affect WebSphere Portal 5.1 and above. 
To rectify this situation, follow the links above to obtain WAS fixes.


General Self-Help Resources

Here are some ways that you can access general self-help support 
information for WebSphere Portal on the Web:

1. Register for My Support, which allows you to build a custom portal of 
support information and to subscribe to email notifications for new 
technotes regarding your product:
(This is a great service. Tens of thousands of customers have signed up 
already)
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/einfo.html to learn more.

2. Visit the IBM WebSphere Portal product support page at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/genservers/portal/support/

3. Participate in the user-to-user IBM WebSphere Portal forum at:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=168&cat=9

4. Access IBM WebSphere Portal Product Documentation, Release Notes, White 
Papers, Redbooks, etc at:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/WebSphere/library.jsp

5. Access the IBM WebSphere Portal DeveloperWorks page for downloads, 
learning resources and more:
http://www.ibm.com/support/dlsearch.wss?rs=499&lang=en&loc=en_US&r=10&cs=utf-8&rankfile=0&cc=&spc=&stc=&apar=exclude&q1=WebSphere&dc=D400&atrn=SWPlatform&atrv=all&tc=SWH30&go.x=7&go.y=10


6. Determine what problems are fixed in each release by viewing the IBM 
WebSphere Portal Fix List database:
http://www.ibm.com/support/dlsearch.wss?rs=493&lang=en&loc=en_US&r=10&cs=utf-8&rankfile=0&cc=&spc=&stc=&apar=exclude&q1=WebSphere&dc=D400&atrn=SWPlatform&atrv=all&tc=SWH30&go.x=11&go.y=9


7. Subscribe to the Lotus Collaborative Portlets support RSS feed:
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/rss/lotus/296.xml?rss=s296&ca=rsslotus
For help with RSS and for links to all the Lotus software RSS feeds, 
including the feed for the Lotus Collaborative Portlets, visit the URL 
above.

Kind regards,

The IBM WebSphere Portal Server team

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