Re: RACF, external password management

2024-04-09 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Has anyone else noticed their posts deleted? My posts re: zMFA are gone. Poof. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: RACF, external password management

2024-02-29 Thread Linda Hagedorn
The regulations are from NY state, NYDFS. https://www.dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/12/rf23_nycrr_part_500_amend02_20231101.pdf 500.7 Access privileges and management. 500.7(c) Each class A company shall monitor privileged access activity and shall implement: (1) a

Re: RACF, external password management

2024-02-29 Thread Linda Hagedorn
In the process you describe, could I still while logged into tso/ispf change my password in RACF, bypassing the AD routine? // JOB (ACCT INFO),'PGMR INFO', // CLASS=??,MSGCLASS=??,NOTIFY=userid, // USER=userid,PASSWORD=(OLDPASS,NEWPASS) //IEBFR14 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14

Re: RACF, external password management

2024-02-29 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Do you know if there's any development to ingest the list of passwords known to be involved in breaches, and match RACF password changes against them? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: RACF, external password management

2024-02-29 Thread Linda Hagedorn
This is very promising. Do you know where I can read more about ZMFA? I'm interested in knowing how to configure the external source, and how the token is passed back to RACF, and how long the token lasts. For example, if systems programmers are working a problem, we wouldn't want the

Re: RACF, external password management

2024-02-29 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Commonly used passwords and those found in breaches (dark web for example). P@$$w0rd, etc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO

Re: RACF, external password management

2024-02-29 Thread Linda Hagedorn
This is exactly where I'm going. I think IBM should, if they haven't already, find a way to register the frequently found passwords and make an option to scan the PW in RACF. There may be a liability, but certainly a disclaimer can be included in the license. If this already exists, a

RACF, external password management

2024-02-28 Thread Linda Hagedorn
My company wants an external password manager to substitute for RACF. I need to know if anyone has experience with this, or common password matching in RACF. Background Regulations NYDFS require preventing common passwords to be used. Vendor tools (Courion, CyberArk, etc.) have a corpus to

Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Linda Hagedorn
be cleared/emptied before the reconfiguration happens? 7. How long does reconfiguration take? Is there anything else I should consider before taking this request to the storage group? Any information or advice is appreciated. Thank you. Linda Hagedorn

WebSeal & CIS benchmarks for auditing

2021-05-14 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Hi. We will be auditing WebSeal in-house and are looking for the appropriate CIS benchmarks. Does anyone know the CIS benchmarks for WebSeal? Our searches have been unproductive. The CIS site is here: https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/ We searched for: . Webseal .

Looking for a referral - unix, scripts, production, passwords

2017-10-19 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Hi, I need a referral about remediating AIX scripting that was written with passwords in clear text. These are maintenance scripts, batch jobs, etc. I have a inherited an AIX platform with scripts with passwords in clear text. They are now hashed, but that is insufficient and they need to

Re: Need referral - Websphere script w/o passwords

2017-08-08 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Thank you. I'll read up. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Need referral - Websphere script w/o passwords

2017-08-07 Thread Linda Hagedorn
This is regarding Websphere. I've inherited a WAS platform with scripts containing passwords in clear text. I have to remediate this, and came to ibm-main for advice. This is on AIX. I normally manage DB2 on Z, and just accepted the WAS area. Can anyone refer me to a manual, Redbook, or

OnDemand on DB2

2017-02-24 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Hi. I'm looking for help and ideas with OnDemand on DB2 on z/OS. Background: A large effort was undertaken to move the OnDemand application from DB2 on z/OS (DB2) to DB2 LUW on AIX (LUW). OnDemand is up for a week at a time, coming down only for IPL. The DB2 accounting record is

Re: Windsor, Ontario, Canada mainframers

2015-04-16 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Remember IBM's Master The Mainframe Contest students. In addition to making a z platform case, there's a fresh group of trained kids available every year. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Graham Hobbs gho...@cdpwise.net wrote: Points taken Tim. Hadn't seen that link

Re: MIPS, CEC, LPARs, PRISM, WLM

2014-12-17 Thread Linda Hagedorn
The bad SQL is usually tablespace scans, and/or Cartesian product. They are relatively easy to identify and cancel. MVS reports the stress in prod, the high CPU use on the dev lpar, and I find the misbehaving thread and cancel it. Mvs reports things then return to normal. The perplexing