Administrator Tip: Tools to manage your system security

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January 05, 2005 Published by  Search400.com    Administrator Tips IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Security Tools can help manage your system security   >  Securing the Save/Restore function   >  Time for your annual checkup   >  User profile exit points make administrators' lives easier   >  Free Book Excerpt: Experts' Guide to OS/400 & i5/OS Security   >  Tip contest: Win an iSeries.mySeries prize pack   >  Search400.com Salary Survey SPONSORED BY:  Search400.com Product and Vendor Guide The Buyers guide is one of the most comprehensive directories of vendor and product information on the Web. It covers a wide range of areas for your research needs, including Application Dev, E-Commerce Solutions, Security and more. Simply search by topic, company name or keyword and you have access to complete vendor and important product information without having to comb through multiple sites. Click Here! Security Tools can help manage your system security [Search400.com] by Ron Turull You don't need to look far for tools to manage your system's security. Included in your iSeries is a set of interactive tools for working with user profiles and security audits, as well as reporting tools to help you detect security issues. MORE INFO: > View previous tips by Ron Turull Securing the Save/Restore function [Search400.com] On today's more open iSeries-AS/400 system, the Save/Restore function can be used to transfer critical files and programs between systems. With this comes the specter of data and program theft, so it is important to make sure that this avenue of data transfer is secure. Time for your annual checkup [Search400.com] Your iSeries is not unlike the average middle-aged man. They both need annual checkups to make sure there are no surprises lurking. This tip provides a list of items to check for your annual system audit. User profile exit points make administrators' lives easier [Search400.com] These four user profile-related exit points can simplify the process of managing user profiles, whether you're adding a profile, changing it, deleting it or restoring it. Free Book Excerpt: Experts' Guide to OS/400 & i5/OS Security [Search400.com] Log on and download for free an excerpt from Chapter 12 of Experts' Guide to OS/400 & i5/OS Security written by Carol Woodbury and Patrick Botz and published by 29th Street Press. This chapter, "Single Sign-on," addresses problems associated with the multitude of user IDs and passwords your users must remember. SHOW YOUR DEVOTION:  Tip contest: Win an iSeries.mySeries prize pack Show off your love for your iSeries with this month's awesome prize package. Submit a tip for a chance to win an iSeries.mySeries shirt, bumper sticker and temporary tattoo. Don't forget to go in and rate our recent tips: Find your system security settings Security journal receiver management Tips for i5 eServer Hardware Management Console (HMC) Send message to users at a remote site HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORTH?:  Search400.com Salary Survey Take our ongoing salary survey yourself or just check out the results through several views. See the responses of your peers broken down by title and experience, degrees and certification, technology background, working conditions, demographics and region. SEARCH400.COM'S SEARCH ENGINE:  Find iSeries information fast Is Google one of your favorite search tools? We've partnered with Google to make our iSeries-specific search engine even better. Why waste time slogging through irrelevant search results? Try our search engine for the most targeted iSeries results.   Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail!  Search400: Programmer Tips  Search400: Security Tip  Search400: Today's News Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   This e-newsletter is published by Search400.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. To unsubscribe from "Administrator Tips": Go to unsubscribe: http://search400.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?cid=501033&lid=430676&track=NL-176&ad=501033 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: Search400 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494