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Show profile will be disabled msg even for non-valid profiles.

OS 7.5 changed to provide the same error message when signing on for the case where a userid is not defined or a userid is valid but the password is wrong. This was intended to not 'leak' information to a bad actor that they guessed a valid userid...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

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.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

Correct the QSYLOBJP API Documentation

Today, the QSYLOBJP API documentation states that it creates: a list of objects that adopt an object owner's authority In the classic way of thinking, this would be program/srvpgm objects that have USRPRF(*OWNER) set a creation time. However what ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

Deploy DCM with default *SYSTEM key store

Currently DCM is deployed without a *SYSTEM KDB (key store). That means, even simple applications using https requests need to create a kdb to function properly. As it is common on every other operating system these days, IBM should deploy DCM in ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

Assign CERTIFICATE based on Application Group

On a yearly basis we replace multiple CERTIFICATEs across a number of systems. I would like a way to ASSIGN the new CERTIFICATE to either a APPLICATION Group or BASED on previous CERTIFICATE so we do not have to select individual APPLICATION with ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

ASP Encryption Enablement for ASP 1 (*SYSBAS)

The current IBM i Option to support data encryption at rest SS1 Option 45 Encrypted ASP Enablement does not support encryption of ASP 1 *SYSBAS Use Case: At the moment this existing SS1 option does not allow for the complete encryption of a system...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Not under consideration

Allow Ability to Mass Unassign Certificates from a Service

In IBMi Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) you can assign a certificate to multiple Services in a single screen. If you need to remove the certificate assignment you have to go into each service and remove the certificate. For some certificates, th...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Increase the Maximum number of entries for a user profile in V7R4

It would be great if the maximum number of entries for a user profile also would be extended i V7R4 from 50.000.000 to 200.000.000 as it is in V7R5.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

fast path should be on the new digitial certificate manager (dcm)

the old digital certificate manager had fast path so why doesn't the new digital certificate manager have fast path
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

single sign on with CCSID5026

My request is that GSS (Generic Security Services) APIs can support CCSID 290 and 5026 in order to enable single sign on in our IBM i environment. IBM i is our life insurance policy administration system and QCCSID cannot be changed to 5035, which...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

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