SSL Inter-working issue between WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 systems and WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 Windows systems

This section describes an issue in connecting to WebSphere® MQ Version 5.3 Windows® system from WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 systems using SSL.

In WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 you can renegotiate the secret key on an SSL channel (see WebSphere MQ Security book). If you configure secret key renegotiation on a channel that is connecting to a WebSphere MQ Version 5.3 Windows queue manager, the channel will not connect successfully unless both the following are in place: