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Upgrade Planning for Siebel RC4 or AES Encryption

Upgrades from: All Supported Siebel releases.

Environments: Development, production test, production.

Databases: All databases.

Platforms: Windows and UNIX only.

As of Siebel Innovation Pack 2014, Siebel CRM no longer supports RC2 encryption. Siebel 7.7 introduced support for the AES encryption method, the government standard for secure applications. Siebel Business Applications continue to support RC4 and AES data encryption.

Data that used the standard encryptor (supported in some prior releases) or RC2 cannot be read by applications in the current release. You must upgrade your encryption method to RC4 or AES.

Use the Encryption Upgrade Utility to convert unencrypted data and data that was encrypted using the standard encryptor or RC2 to the RC4 or AES encryption method. Also run the Encryption Upgrade Utility to upgrade to stronger encryption levels. To upgrade your encryption method, see Siebel Security Guide.