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Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 2, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Do not allow end-user to control "trusted" signers

When connecting the first time to a new system with IBM i Access Solutions in SSL mode, the client allows the end user to accept the root/intermediate certificate which introduces a secrurity risk (MITM attack).

The client should only use pre-loaded trusted signers !


Use Case:

The client should only use pre-loaded trusted signers !

Preferrable this should be default behaviour (eventually a switch to turn it off via a properties file, however this can be compromised as well).


Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Jul 21, 2017

    This is available in our July 2017 update. The default behavior remains unchanged. The user will be prompted to accept the certificate authority not yet saved. You will be able to override the default behavior by specifying the following property in the AcsConfig.properties file:

    Documentation has been added to AcsConfig.properties.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 27, 2017

    This will be available in our July 2017 update. The default behavior remains unchanged. The user will be prompted to accept the certificate authority not yet saved. You will be able to override the default behavior by specifying the following property in the AcsConfig.properties file:
    com.ibm.iaccess.DisableCertificateAuthorityPrompt=true

    Documentation will be added to AcsConfig.properties in our next update coming out in July 2017.

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