KB 44 (ABAP): SSL Handshake Error

Category: Problem

Priority: High

Platform: ABAP

Version: 1 from 23.03.2021

Description

If you see the following error in SMICM logs:

  • “Handshake error”

  • “No certificate presented by server”

Cause

This is caused by SAP presenting an older TLS version certificate that is rejected by Splunk.

Resolution

This can be resolved by adding the following 2 parameters to the SAP ABAP default profile

ssl/ciphersuites = 135:PFS:HIGH::EC_P256:EC_HIGH

ssl/client_ciphersuites = 150:PFS:HIGH::EC_P256:EC_HIGH

Additional Information

As per SAP note 510007 – Setting up SSL on Application Server ABAP: SAP ONE Support Launchpad

Product version

Product

From

To

PowerConnect [NW,S4HANA,S4HANA Cloud]

*

*

SAP product version

Product

Component

From

To

NW

SAP_BASIS

7.00

7.50