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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM i
Categories IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 4, 2024

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Enhance the CPIAD09, CPIAD0B, and CPI3E34 messages to indicate whether the connection came in an a secure port or a non-secure port

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The subject messages are all very similar and are logged to the history log when new connections are made to the system.  These messages are very useful to understand the workload for connections to the system.  However, there is no ability to determine whether the connection came into the system via non-secure ports or secure ports.  With the database server (QZDASOINIT and QZDASSINIT) and the file server (QPWFSERVSO and QPWFSERVSS) you can distinguish between the two because the job names differ, but for DDM/DRDA, the signon server, the remote command server, (and the other host servers) this job name difference does not exist.  

 

We are working on a project to move to all secure connections and as the project is underway, we need a way to measure the progress from non-secure to secure connections. Having an indicator in the subject messages would be extremely helpful.  (Or different job names between secure and non-secure would also address the challenge).  This approach doesn't require additional information to be logged - just enhance what already is being done. 

The circumvention is to use auditing and enable *NETSCK and *NETSECURE auditing, but this adds a lot of additional audit entries to the audit journal.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Dec 6, 2024

    Great idea, this would be incredibly useful.    

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