Re: Invalid Sign-on Attempts and How They're Logged

Yes..in fact, you can create a user profile that starts with 'Q' and the
rest is all numeric characters, and then sign on with just those numeric
characters.

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:16:54 -0500, "Steve Martinson"
<SMartinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Does anyone know the precise circumstances under which certain
> characters are written to the audit journal for invalid attempts
> occurring from the CA prompt?
> 
> For instance, these entries show up in a query report of invalid
> attempts (bad profile):
> 
> 04/04/22   9:15:51  Q1          B27D0170S1
> 04/04/22   9:46:27  Q1          B04D0128G1
> 04/04/22  17:10:27  Q12345      Communications Device
> 04/04/22  10:50:36  Q218        B40D0133G0           
> 04/04/22  11:48:58  Q22010      B32D0108S1           
> 04/04/22   7:50:00  Q3          QPADEV0003           
> 
> The "Q12345" entry was created by me on purpose.  I typed 12345 in the
> User ID field of the Signon to iSeries box.  Is it safe to assume the
> others are instances where those particular digits were entered and the
> Q is placed there by the OS?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steven W. Martinson, CISSP, CISM
> Manager of OutLink Security
> Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
> 7800 Willowchase Blvd.
> Houston, TX.  77070
>      voice           281.517.8000
>      external fax    281.517.8157
>      internal ext    471800
> 
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