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Provide IBM PSIRT information as webservice

In a world where security problems are a daily returning issue, keeping the system up-to-date (without installing complete PTF packages) is a challenging process. While IBM has the PSIRT blog that contains this value information, it is not electro...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

IBM i User Integration with Windows AD

With the withdrawal of the IXS / IXA there is no longer an IBM i method of integrating users between IBM i and Windows Active Directory. Allowing for the automated password sync between IBM i and Windows AD. Use Case: To modify the existing code w...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Allow rename of certificate in DCM

When installing a new certificate I need to reassign all applications to this certificate which could be avoided by renaming the certificate. Please provide a rename certificate function (or even a replace during import) like it exists in IKEYMAN....
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Various "errors" in QUSRDIR joblog

Using the EIM API's to delete source and/or target mappings results in various errors (GLD0405, GLD021, GLD0407) in the QUSRDIR joblog. We request to do proper error handling so logging these "non-errors" is avoided as it is time consuming and con...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Auditing *SECNAS Entries Missing

When NAS errors are logged in a joblog, they are not present in the Auditing journal. Use Case: QZLSSERVER joblog keeps on logging the message CPD3E3F Network Authentication Service error X'00020000' occurred. Major status code X'00020000' and min...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Allow IFS directory and content *IGNORE in QAUDJRN

When QAUDLVL is set to *CREATE *DELETE the IFS can generate millions of entries which are for temp objects created in directories (ZendServer issue). The problem is there is no way to turn off the capture of the Create and delete only to set the a...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Multiple QAUD* journal recievers

We would like the option to separate QAUD* journal receivers into multiple receivers depending on audit value specified in QAUDLVL/QAUDLVL2 with the same default security properties. Use Case: With multiple QAUD journal receivers we could select d...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Add Parm for STRAUTCOL to allow for more object types have their minimum needed authority collected.

i understand that the type of objects that are allowed to be selected for authority collection is, for performance/chatter reasons, narrow.I propose adding another parm along the lines of the "Include DLO" and "Include file system objects" the wou...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

Order of parameters on DSPUSRPRF versus CRTUSRPRF

The order that the parameters appear on the screen when executing a DSPUSRPRF command versus a CRTUSRPRF command is disjointed. Use Case: Often, when creating a new user profile, we reference another user profile as to the settings for the user. S...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

New command WRKSVRAUTE

We are increasingly using server authentication entries in our environment for managing DDM(IP) and DRDA authorisation of users between systems. Whilst we can display the entries for an individual user with DSPSVRAUTE or use the QSYS2.DRDA_AUTHENT...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration