Today, Monday, December 13 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. EPT (1800-2000 hours) PJM is retiring obsolete TLS protocol configurations in PJM internet-facing website. As part of this effort, PJM aims to stop supporting TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 protocols and certain insecure ciphers, such as 3DES cipher and the TLS_RSA_* ciphers in TLS 1.2.
TLS, the most widely deployed security protocol, encrypts data sent over the Internet to ensure private information between two endpoints is safe from hackers. Over time, new attacks against TLS and the encryption algorithms it uses have been discovered. As a result, network connections with obsolete protocols are at an elevated risk of exploitation.
Today the following will be retired:
- messages.pjm.com
- secureshare.pjm.com/sftp.pjm.com
The schedule for the remaining internet-facing applications will be announced at a later date. Below is an up-to-date schedule for which applications have been upgraded with TLS protocols and which remain.
| Application | Scheduled Date | Status |
| PJM Connect
Gas Pipeline Messages Secure Share Account Manager Billing Line Item Transfer Bulletin Board Capacity Exchange Data Viewer DER Directory DR Hub eCredit eDART eGADS Emergency Procedures ExSchedule FTR Center InSchedule Markets Gateway MSRS OASIS PJM.com Planning Center Power Meter Resource Tracker TO Connection Tools Home Voting |
11/01/2021
11/01/2021 12/13/2021 12/13/2021 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD |
Completed
Completed Scheduled Scheduled |
The Weak Encryption Remediation Guide may be accessed for information on how your organization’s technical contacts may update the non-compliant source device (browser or browser-less) deployments and the obsolete TLS protocol configurations can be updated expeditiously or disabled.
Questions regarding weak encryption connections may be directed to Zeenath Fernandes or PJM Member Relations. For assistance or questions with market changes, Adapt2 Support may also be contacted.