When you configure the HTTPS protocol for SAS Environment Manager and then access the application through the Mozilla Firefox browser, the browser generates the following security warning:

This error occurs when you connect to a secure (HTTPS) server. The error indicates that the server is trying to set up a secure connection, but because of a weak cipher, the client (browser) rejects the attempt. As a result, the connection is not secure.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Edit the server.xml file that resides in the following folder:
   
   SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/Web/SASEnvironmentManager/server-5.x.x-EE/hq-engine/hq-server/conf/

   In this path:

   • SAS-configuration-directory  specifies the specific path to your SAS configuration directory (or folder).
   • server-5.x.x refers to the release of SAS Environment Manager (for example, server-5.8.0-EE.
2. Locate the default connector statement in the file, which should look similar to the following:
   
   <Connector port="${server.webapp.secure.port}" executor="tomcatThreadPool" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" emptySessionPath="true" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true" scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false" keystoreFile="${server.keystore.path}" keystorePass="${server.keystore.password}" truststoreFile="${server.keystore.path}" truststorePass="${server.keystore.password}" ciphers="SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5,SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA,SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA" sslProtocol="TLS" URIEncoding="UTF-8"/>
3. Change the values for the CIPHER= parameter in the statement above to the following:
   
   ciphers="TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA"
4. Save the file and restart SAS Environment Manager.

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