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    Hostname variable to be used when copying configuration items in the GUI

    Currently if you copy configuration items that include a report detail (e.g Malware configuration) the Scan report title will include the source system name as text. This should populate as the correct host name on each target for the copy, otherw...
    5 days ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

    AIX Security reporting tool

    Since CIS Tool latest version (v4.x) dropped support for generating AIX security reports based on CIS AIX 7.x benchmark; There is currently NO tool, which would generate decent HTML security reports from AIX systems. And that is a HUGE gap in secu...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 3 Planned for future release

    IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

    It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Seperating Access to Profile Editor

    Currently there is one option to give an user rw rights. For all custom profiles or none. We have the need to be more granular. For instance: seperate it by operating system seperte it within an Operating system (by LPAR or hostname)
    10 months ago in PowerSC 1 Submitted

    Add capability of defining subgroups for Compliance page

    For usability in large environments it would behelpfull to be able to create subgroups on the Compliance page. Here an example: Group: SAP - Sub-Group: SAP-Test SAP-QA SAP-Prod
    9 months ago in PowerSC 1 Submitted

    Oauth authentification for email

    Hello, In September 2025, Microsoft will deprecate SMTP with login/password and will only allow SMTP with OAuth. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online I...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Under review

    "Mail from" address in SMTP email design change to allow user and domain name in lower case.

    Currently the design has hard coded setting that forces Upper Case on user and domain name in SMTP on Mail From.
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Under review

    Need a way to track rejected relays in SMTP relay server on IBM i

    We just converted our SMTP server from *SDD directory type to *SMTP. The LPAR is being used as an SMTP relay for other IBM i LPARs and related hardware. Previously, I could query the QZMF journal and look for "REJECTED RELAY" and see if a server t...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Under review

    For High Availability - remove hostname dependency

    High available setups require the use of a service-IP address. The existing hostname dependency make such kind of HA requirements very challenging. Removing the hostname dependency would make such requests a lot easier to implement.
    about 1 year ago in PowerSC 1 Submitted

    New IBM i Service for SMTP

    I would like an IBM i Service to view and manage the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on IBM i. Ideally this service would not only allow a user to view and or modify the configuration of SMTP but also to view the Email History stored within t...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 9 Not under consideration

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