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Security

The SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO table function does not provide the list of corrective PTFs

The SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO table function does not provide the list of corrective PTFs. We must search the HTML page to find the list of corrective PTFs. It would be nice to have a field with the list of corrective PTFs and also to get the affected pro...
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
4 months 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...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

CVE function to include to Open/Remediated column

It will help the system administrators to generate securityExtend the SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFOtable function to include the remediation status of each CVE on the local IBM i system. This would allow administrators to easily distinguish between resolved a...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

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 weeks,...
6 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Add the ability to process bundled certificate files in DCM

When you receive a Certificate file from a CA that has bundled Intermediate certificates in a single file you have to manually extract each certificate and install them in order to ensure the related certificates are available for verification. Th...
2 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

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...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Add QIBM_DEBUG_SERVER Application definition to os 7.5 so debug can be used with TLS.

We have a requirement to make all connections secure with TLS and that is not available for DEBUG running on 7.5. The QIBM_QTES_DEBUG_SERVER was not added in DCM at V7R5 and is only available from V7R6 and forward.The ACS Base client new version t...
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...
4 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Counterpart to *NOQTEMP in QAUDCTL system value for IFS directories

In system value QAUDCTL we are able to specify *NOQTEMP to avoid audit journal recording activities in QTEMP libraries of users. This reduces significant audit log entries for activities in temporary library. What's missing is the same for a defin...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Submitted