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    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

    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

    add SEA Sharing mode support for adding/removing vETH adapters

    I also opened the case TS011984472. Adding or removing vETH adapters to a SEA Sharing mode will create a downtime as design limitation.Could you please re-design the SEA Sharing mode?
    over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Allow for profile changes during LPM to save downtime on systems

    An lpar with min 1G, desired 10G and max 16G memory profile, requires a reboot and profile change to move the min or max numbers to anything else. Since during an LPM it first creates a new profile on the target frame, sure would be nice if say th...
    11 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Not under consideration

    Request Network cards SFP stats used for VIOS servers

    VIO servers have fcstat that displays stats for the transceiver (SFP), so far I have not found a complement for network cards SFPs. I have found that ethtool for Linux does display a lot of info for the SFP's, and need this info for network SFPs, ...
    about 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Node exporter for VIOS

    We (PowerVS) request a Prometheus exporter for the VIOS that can send system and partition utilization data to the Prometheus time-series database. This would greatly assist in consolidating performance data in a single location alongside other in...
    over 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    VIOSUPGRADE / UPDATEIOS -- Add "Date" and "Time" prefixes to screen output

    Whilst running the update / upgrade (VIOS) commands one cannot easily see "when" a specific piece of screen output was written, was it a second ago or two hours? Having the extra detail displayed on the screen helps with understanding, improves cl...
    2 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    Allow Multi-factor authentication option to enable SMS/Email authentication methods in IBM i 7.6

    Implementing email or SMS as additional MFA options on IBM i could enhance user convenience and adoption by providing familiar and easily accessible authentication methods. It would eliminate the need for every user to rely on authenticator apps, ...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

    Allow the default value of function QIBM_RUN_UNDER_USER_NO_AUTH to be set to *DENIED (it is currently not changable)

    Function QIBM_RUN_UNDER_USER_NO_AUTH is very efficient to prevent illegitimate impersonations. Its added value goes far beyond the protection of *TOTP users.The default value is *ALLOWED, which is understandable. The fact that we can’t change the ...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Future consideration

    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 2 Future consideration

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