Security Tip: Make sure your terminal sessions are secure

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August 10, 2004 Published by  Search400.com    Security Tip Issue Sponsored By:   > Bytware Inc. IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Are your terminal sessions secure?   >  Changing the password level   >  Four tools for controlling user profiles   >  The importance of testing user profiles   >  Get better control over user profiles   >  Free Book Excerpt: XML for eServer i5 and iSeries   It's here: The ease of native anti-virus enablement. i5/OS is now shipping and a fully-functional, 15-day trial of StandGuard Anti-Virus is included. With V5R3, IBM has enabled virus scanning and i5/OS integrates with a native anti-virus solution to provide on-access scanning and cleaning. Virus protection on the iSeries no longer has to be a manual or tedious process. Enjoy the simplicity and peace-of-mind of constant protection from the industry-leading McAfee scanning engine. StandGuard Anti-Virus. Battle Tested. Battle Proven.   Are your terminal sessions secure? [Search400.com] by Rich Loeber Like most modern systems, the iSeries requires a user profile and password before you can log on and use the system. You might think that this simple requirement would always ensure that only authorized users will have access to your system. But with the proliferation of PCs, it is not always that simple. In this tip, Rich explains how to protect your PC terminal sessions. MORE INFO: > View all tips by Rich Loeber Changing the password level [Search400.com] A user wanted to change password level (QPWDLVL) from level 0 to level 2, but he wasn't sure of the best way to do this. Security expert Carol Woodbury was on hand with some advice. Four tools for controlling user profiles [Search400.com] Even if you put procedures in place to control the users who are coming and going in your organization, chances are something will go wrong. How can you tell if all your profiles are what you want them to be? This tip discusses four command line tools that will give you as much information as you can digest about the security situation on your iSeries. The importance of testing user profiles [Search400.com] When you first started working as a security officer or working in the security group in your iSeries shop you most likely learned a lot of principals about testing. Don't forget about all those principals in your current position. Security testing is just as important as application testing. In this tip we'll take a look at testing your user profiles. Get better control over user profiles [Search400.com] Every iSeries shop has the potential to have active user profiles on the system for users who have left the company. Unless your personnel department is extra careful about global notifications when people leave, you may have a security exposure that you don't even know about. 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