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Enable TR-31 Import / Export of AES K0-B and K1-B Key Blocks for 4767/4769 crypto cards

For important bank compliance with MasterCard, we need use to TR-31 KEY EXPORTER in KEK value with mode of use BThe used parameters are:Key block version: VARDRV‑BValue of use: KEKMode of use: ENC-DEC In the APAR OA64883 was published for Z series...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 2 Functionality already exists

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...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Security 7 Not under consideration

Include an "assigned" flag to DCM API to indicate if cert is assigned to an DCM application or not

There is an API that already exists that allows certificates stored in a DCM store be read and would include expiry date, which is useful. I am not sure what the API is called, but I know that TAATOOL provides a command (CVTCERT) that uses the IBM...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 5 Under review

Authority Collection - Size of the collections

Please add options/columns into existing SQL views (object_statistics maybe?) or add new SQL views to see how much the IBM i Authority Collection repositories actually take space. Currently there is no such option and the security administrator/IB...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

Quick Enable/Disable user profiles

This would be a quick function for admins/support personnel to use to enable/disable an account without invoking CHGUSRPRF or Option 2 STATUS(*DISABLED). Create an Option 27 and 28 to Enable/Disable user profile from the WRKUSRPRF screen.
5 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Allow finer grained 'Adopt Authority'

This idea will allow ISVs and other to help close security exposures related to programs that adopt authority. Currently a program can be set to USRPRF(*OWNER) to have it adopt authority. Different programs within an application have needs for acc...
5 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

Expand on the Authority Collection process by logging commands that actually use the special authorities granted on user profile

I'm trying to clean up security and while the Authority Collection process is valuable, I need to go a step farther. There are too many IDs with any combination of special authorities, and I do not have a clean way to monitor if it's needed. I wou...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

EIM System User credential setup on the terminal screen.

EIM System User can be specified solely on the Navigator i GUI. This limitation makes impossible any automation to follow the security rules and change the password regularly according the security standards. Provide a command to change the passwo...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

need a new QPWD system value that allows to set case sensitivity mix

need a new QPWD system value that allows to set case sensitivity mix that aligns with the rest of QPWD* system values. We are working on align the IBMi password set with our company policy. but, As per the documentation(IBM), if we do use QPWDRule...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

Monitoring or tracking changes done in DCM

Hi Team, We have a scenario where certification was unassigned from one of the application and so inorder to prevent this from happening again, we need to identify the cause of this issue ie we need to know who has made those changes to the DCM. S...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

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