FipsRequired (MQLONG)

This field allows you to specify that only FIPS-certified algorithms are used if the cryptography is provided in WebSphere MQ-provided software. WebSphere MQ can be configured with cryptographic hardware so that the cryptography modules used are those provided by the hardware product; these can either be FIPS-certified, or not, to a particular level depending on the cryptographic hardware product in use.

When WebSphere MQ is installed an implementation of SSL cryptography is also installed which provides some FIPS-certified modules. The values can be:

MQSSL_FIPS_NO
This is the default value. When set to this value:
MQSSL_FIPS_YES
When set to this value, unless you are using cryptographic hardware to perform the cryptography, you can be sure that