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Audit log for new DCM activity

New DCM is a integrated web application server (IAS) and there is no mechanism to track/audit DCM activity. Use Case: The old DCM GUI can create a custom log but in the new DCM gui not is possible.
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 7 Future consideration

Give the built in base IBM i Auditing and security tools a product name

When dealing with Auditors, they nearly always as for product names for tools used to Audit and Secure the IBM i platform. Simply saying we used the built in functions, just leads to more questions. Ideally we could do with a Brand Name or Produc...
5 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

Allow more than 16 group profiles for a user profile

Actually, one can link a user profile to 16 group profiles. For RCAC performance, we need to link a user profile to more than 16 group profiles.
4 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

Default certificates when installing IBM i and SSL/TLS turned on by default

If we are trying to push customers to use security it would be great to have a default certificate and SSL turned on by default on FTP(s) , TELNET and HTTP connections. Use Case: When we deploy an OS image in most cloud environments (IBM PowerVS a...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

V7R1 should support newer SSL Ciphers

Cryptographic support on V7R1 should support the newer SSL Ciphers that V7R2 and up also have. V7R1 is still a supported OS and since most trading partners are updating the SSL certificates that use updated Ciphers, it means that the clients using...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 7 Not under consideration

IBM i Kerberos Authentication (SSSD Native Integration)

The existing IBM i SSO support provided by NAS & EIM only works with applications that have been Kerberized. Such as ACS or IBM i Access. To extend the reach & build on the features already provided by NAS & EIM an enhancement is requi...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 5 Future consideration

Delete EIM identifier and associations when deleting the user profile

When deleting a user profile only the Target EIM association is deleted, the Source EIM association and the EIM identifier remain.Thus, one must log into Nav for i, EIM domain management, to do the remaining deletes. Would like the EIM identifier ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 7 Not under consideration

OS Commands and API for DCM Application Export/Import Function

In large environments with many LPARs need to be able to sync/transfer/update application definitions in DCM across without manual GUI configuration. Need capability to export an application (or multiple) to an XML or name-pair type type file; tha...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

IBMi request new Kerberos ticket

With Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) and Kerberos, Windows clients can authenticate to IBMi without supplying a user and password. When the client connects, it supplies IBMi with a Kerberos ticket for authentication. A Kerberos ticket has a fixe...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Add support for multiple DNS names in new Digital Certificate Manager

The need to have both the DNS and fully qualified name in the certificate Subject Alternative Name field is a requirement for secure web browser connections. The field only allows one entry to be submitted into the SANs field when creating a new c...
12 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Future consideration