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Security

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...
9 days 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.
3 days 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

Automatic Management of TLS Certificates

Since the validity period of SSL/TLS certificates will be reduced from the current 398 days to 47 days starting in March 2029, managing certificates manually will become very difficult due to the significantly shortened validity.Therefore, a servi...
11 months ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration

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

Improve message of CPF5222 on CHGPWD

When changing a password upon expiration or during CHGPWD execution, if a blank or non-alphabetic character is entered in the current/new password field, the message CPF5222 'Name is not correct' is displayed. However, this message does not clearl...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration

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

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...
29 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

iAccess Printer Host-Based Security

Currently QTCP is required to start a Host Based Printer. However, this opens up security that a user can setup a HOST Based printer that allowed them to redirect the HR files. Is it possible to restrict a Host Based Printer from being started unl...
4 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

Add issuer certificate serial number in qsys2.certificate_info and QycuRetrieveCertificateInfo API

In the DCM GUI, the hierarchy view provides the certification chain: the authority (one or more) + the client/server certificate. However, there is no solution for finding this link using code: The qsys2.certificate_info SQL service and the QycuRe...
9 months ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration