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WebLogic and Oracle SOA/OSB FIPS 140-2 Enablement.

Oracle SOA Suite, OSB, WebLogic 12.2.1.4.

After following up the Oracle Documentation steps to FIPS 140-2 enable your WebLogic server (FIPS 140-2). And now you are getting one of the following errors in your JDBC connection pool.What do they mean and most importantly how do you resolve these issues?1. java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: Accepted DH prime length is 2048 or higher.Issue #1: Accepted DH prime length is 2048 or higherMeaning: Your JDBC connection is connecting to a Database with encryption that is not FIPS compliant. It may be because it’s an older version like Oracle Database 11g. Essentially the Database only supports 1024 bit Diffie-Hellman key sizes, and those…

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