IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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    Allow attribute mapping for automount through LDAP

    If using automount through LDAP, AIX's secldapclntd is hardcoded to use attributes 'automountMapName + automountKey' or 'nisMapName + cn'. Those are the only two options. An attribute map file should be allowed to specify different attribute names...
    8 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Automate add or update of Certificate instead of manual process in DCM

    A new process is being implemented reducing the number of days a certificate will be valid. Apple, Google and others are already implementing this. https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days In 2 week...
    11 days ago in IBM i / Security 2 Submitted

    NIM client to allow you to specify the IP address to use for NIM configuration, and support multiple IP addresses on an interface

    Currently NIM only allows you to specify the network interface when running 'niminit', not the IP address on that interface. This legacy design was OK until the recent NIM SSL security fixes - where NIM is now making assumptions to use the first I...
    12 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Develop a way to signon via QSECOFR account with a password less solution for ACS, Console and web-based applications.

    This is To Comply with Audit requirement to enforce all Privilege Access accounts to move away from visible Passwords .
    18 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

    IBM i Minimum password length user level

    On IBM i, the minimum password length is controlled by the system value QPWDMINLEN, which applies uniformly to all user profiles across the platform. While this provides centralized control, it does not allow differentiated password policies based...
    30 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

    iAccess Printer Host-Based Security

    Currently QTCP is required to start a Host Based Printer. However, this opens up security that a user can setup a HOST Based printer that allowed them to redirect the HR files. Is it possible to restrict a Host Based Printer from being started unl...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

    IP awareness of MFA within TOTP intervals

    MFA authentication must be renewed if requests come from a different IP address, even if a TOTP interval has been set.
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

    Update nmon to use the new folding API

    Currently, the NMON algorithm is showing continuous unfolding in the reporting when none is really happening
    about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Extend the TSD database to include everything that ships with AIX

    Currently, there are many binaries/libraries that are not part of the TSD. As a direct result of this, enabling Trusted Execution produces a large volume of logging. Another side effect is that it's effectively a non-starter to set Trusted executi...
    about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    AIX Toolbox needs feature parity with RHEL.

    By not having a fat FOSS layer, IBM is self-selecting AIX out of consideration for the vast majority of ISVs out there. Note that I have nothing but praise and respect for the team that is keeping the Toolbox alive on a shoestring budget, but they...
    about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

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