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IBM Power Systems Development
IBM agrees with the request and a solution appears to be desirable and feasible. IBM intends to provide a solution. However, IBM's plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.
IBM will use this request as input to planning but no commitment is made or implied. This request will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a medium priority requirement that should be addressed. Although this may not be such a common need in the SMB market, it may be helpful for larger clients.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a HIGH priority requirement that is important to address.
As we see more and more customers moving to use SSL to secure their network traffic, having the ability to route these task also to a specific subsystem is of great value.
The user needs a way to do something that addresses their need so that the user benefits directly
Probably no work-around, Broad appeal to SMB customers, High business value and marketing appeal (including strategic, gap in the market)
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
Just to be clear... TLS is fully supported on IBM i for these interfaces. What is being requested is when a request for one of these enters the system, it is started in a default location (and the TLS handshakes are completed there...) and the administrator would like to move that job to a different subsystem and memory pool. The moving of the job is the ask, the connection is still very much secure with the latest TLS support.
Encryption is very high on the list of any Security Officer. And if the platform needs to be revised, the more secure platform will have an higher ranking and (the lack of) TLS could be the distinguishing factor.
IBM has received the requirement and is evaluating it. IBM will provide a response after evaluation is complete.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Networking
Operating system - IBM i
Source - COMMON
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - System Management
Operating system - IBM i
Source - COMMON