Configure FIPS 140-2 approved data encryption

Starting with version 7.1, Rational® ClearQuest® supports FIPS 140-2 approved data encryption.

FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is the U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 includes a list of approved cryptographic algorithms and describes approved modes of operation.

You can configure a ClearQuest deployment to be FIPS 140-2 approved by performing the following tasks:
Attention: Once the schema repository and associated user databases are at feature level 7, the database is not accessible using a pre-version 7.1 ClearQuest client.

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