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My ideas: Security

Enhancement Request for Root CA Renew Procedure

we would appreciate it if you could advise if IBM has plans to release a new technote covering the step-by-step root CA renewal procedure for reference. Or from DCM, add some technote for renewing root CA. like not allowing the same root CA occurr...
1 day ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Have the ability to change the ownership of several owned objects at once in Navigator

I have a user, RETIREE. He retired. I go into IBM Navigator for i. I find the user. Look up his owned directory objects. Highlight several. Permissions is greyed out if I select more than one and there's no other way, here, to change the ownership.
8 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Authority Collection data should include successful checks, even when the user is the OWNER of the object

I ran into a strange behavior when using authority collection. Scott Forstie was able to confirm that it's currently working "as coded". However, I think it should be changed. When a user profile successfully accesses an object, and that user prof...
13 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Would it be possible to add option on Security Bulletins to search by IBM i products when searching for vulnerabilities on IBM i.

Searching by IBM i products would significantly improve the search results. The other option would be to define a list of IBM i products for Subscription to receive notifications about vulnerabilities for the specified products such 5770DG1, 5770J...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

SMB 3.1.1 support needed in V7.5

Security: CIS Benchmark for Windows 11 (CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark v4.0.0) requires SMB version 3.1.1. Enforcement of this benchmark is a customer requirement
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Creating User Profiles with SSH-Only Access on IBM i

When designing and creating a user profile on a system like IBM i, it's possible to define with considerable precision which resources and environments will be available to that user. A common need in enterprise environments is to allow access onl...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

IBM i: Add a new system value so we can enable to create automatically $HOME directory on User Profile creation

Today we use SSH, SFTP and VSCode more often than in the past, but when creating a new user profile the /home/USERID directory is not created. Please, add a new system value to enable automatic creation and select the $HOME base directory, in case...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

Automate add or update of Certificate instead of manual process in DCM

A new process is being implemented reducing the number of days a certificate will be valid. Apple, Google and others are already implementing this. https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days In 2 week...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Develop a way to signon via QSECOFR account with a password less solution for ACS, Console and web-based applications.

This is To Comply with Audit requirement to enforce all Privilege Access accounts to move away from visible Passwords .
4 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

IBM i Minimum password length user level

On IBM i, the minimum password length is controlled by the system value QPWDMINLEN, which applies uniformly to all user profiles across the platform. While this provides centralized control, it does not allow differentiated password policies based...
4 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

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