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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 28, 2020

RELATED IDEAS

Provide API to disable Netserver user

With an ever increasing risk of getting infected by mal and ransomware it is important to have more control over Netserver.

In an exit program we try to detect such instances but would like to take appropriate actions like disabling the users Netserver access (disabling the OS account itself has no impact) which is currently not possible.

It would be handy to extend the QZLSCHSI API with the option to not only enable a Netserver account, but also disable a Netserver account.


Use Case:

In an exit program we try to detect suspicious file actions but would like to take appropriate actions like disabling the users Netserver access (disabling the OS account itself has no impact) which is currently not possible.


Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 8, 2020

    While the "logical" access is an important feature in securing the IFS, it still doesn't guarantee that people get infected by ransomware which could also impact the IFS. For this reason we wrote an exit program that detects suspicious behavior and disables the user (which is currently solved by disabling the OS/400 account, however the Netserver account should be sufficient).

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 15, 2020

    Thank you for submitting this request. We agree that the ability to secure connections to IBM i NetServer is extremely important. However, we feel providing an interface to disable the NetServer user is not the best way to do this. Instead we feel the request listed in RFE 107575 is a much better way to secure connections and restrict users. We feel that there should also be a 'logical authority' set for the server itself to allow restricting user access to IBM i NetServer.

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