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The transport level security protocol of the Tomcat server is configured in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml file. Note that the ssLprotocol attribute is set to "TLS" by default. 
See the following topics for detailed configuration options:

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Disabling SSL 

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1. Download TestSSLServer.jar from here.

2. Execute the following command to test the transport:

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   java -jar TestSSLServer.jar localhost 9443

3. The output of the command before and after disabling SSL is shown below.
   Before SSL is disabled:

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   Supported versions: SSLv3 TLSv1.0 Deflate compression: no Supported cipher suites (ORDER IS NOT SIGNIFICANT): SSLv3 RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5 RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (TLSv1.0: idem)

   After SSL is disabled:

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   Supported versions: TLSv1.0 Deflate compression: no Supported cipher suites (ORDER IS NOT SIGNIFICANT): TLSv1.0 RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5 RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

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Disabling weak ciphers

A cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption. When you set the sslprotocol of your server to TLS, the TLS and the default ciphers get enabled without considering the strength of the ciphers. This is a security risk as weak ciphers, also known as EXPORT ciphers, can make your system vulnerable to attacks such as the Logjam attack on Diffie-Hellman key exchange. The Logjam attack is also called the Man-in-the-Middle attack. It downgrades your connection's encryption to a less-secured level (e.g., 512 bit) that can be decrypted with sufficient processing power.

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Firefox 39.0 onwards does not allow to access Web sites that support DHE with keys less than 1023 bits (not just DHE_EXPORT). 768/1024 bits are considered to be too small and vulnerable to attacks if the hacker has enough computing resources.