Enabling FIPS cryptography on Web Reports

After installed, you can set up your Web Reports server to encrypt using FIPS cryptography.

To enable FIPS encryption, follow these steps:

  1. From the BigFix Management Domain, open the Computer Management folder and click the Computers node.
  2. Select the computer where the Web Reports server is running.
  3. From the right-click context menu, select Edit Computer Settings.
  4. From the Edit Settings dialog, click Add.
  5. In the Add Custom Setting dialog, enter the setting name as

    _BESClient_Cryptography_FipsMode

    The values for this setting are:

    required
    Causes the client to encrypt using FIPS cryptography.
    none
    FIPS cryptography is not used.
  6. Click OK to accept the value and OK again to complete the setting. You must enter your private key password to deploy the setting action.