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Status Planned for future release
Workspace PowerSC
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 27, 2022

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I want better IBM i support for PowerSC

See this idea on ideas.ibm.com

About the product
I would like PowerSC to not require periodic restarts.
If periodic restarts are required, please provide examples of cron settings in the documentation.

About the introduction document
We would like the "Configuring IBM PowerSC MFA on IBM i" (page 57) to be substantially revised.

1. the MFAAGENT user with the role of 'MFA Password-Changer'
　Since the demand is to create an MFAAGENT user using ssh to
　Explain that the MFAAGENT user will be able to connect to the connection without power.

2. explain that MFAAGENT must have special privileges (*SECADM and *SECADM) in most cases in order to fulfill its role.
　Explain that (*SECADM and *ALLOBJ) are required.

3. explain that for ssh connections, each user's home directory must have the ownership rights and attributes required by ssh.
　Ownership rights and attributes required by ssh in the directory, as well as
　and attributes required by ssh in the authorized_keys file.
　Provide an example.

4. 'Time-based One Time Password (TOTP)' for 'Authentication methods' for each user
 for each user, please explain that in the case of Google Authnticator, the 'Digest Algorithm:' must be set to SHA1.

5. Please explain the need for time synchronization and periodic log deletion for smooth operation.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 8, 2024
    Most of this request is for documentation updates. Some have been completed and we believe we can get the rest of the documentation updates handled within the next couple of fixpack releases. The last item in the request i for a product improvement and we will be looking closer at it to see if we can get it into an upcoming fixpack release.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 8, 2023
    On 2023 Roadmap:
    PMFA - PASE (IBM i) support for PMFA server
    CIS profile for IBM i
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 28, 2023
    The items in this request have been partially delivered and partially being worked on. The "hang state" issue requiring periodic MFA server restarts was fixed in the PowerSC 2.1.0.4 release that shipped in December 2022. The issue regarding "restart ssh connections" has been communicated between Rocket Software and the customer. The enhancement for this topic will be in the PowerSC 2.1.0.5 release in the March/April time frame. Thanks!

    Updated on 2/28/23
    The following portions of this request are expected to be delivered in 4Q23:
    * PMFA - PASE (IBM i) support for PMFA server
    * CIS profile for IBM i
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 12, 2023
    The items in this request have been partially delivered and partially being worked on. The "hang state" issue requiring periodic MFA server restarts was fixed in the PowerSC 2.1.0.4 release that shipped in December 2022. The issue regarding "restart ssh connections" has been communicated between Rocket Software and the customer. The enhancement for this topic will be in the PowerSC 2.1.0.5 release in the March/April time frame. Thanks!

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