RE: RE: User profile question

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   3. RE: User profile question (Ron-Zimmerman)
>
>For Rob's sign-on scenario, why not modify the sign-on screen to hide or 
>protect the menu and program fields?  That is not a hard change, and it 
>takes this security risk away.
>
>Everywhere I have worked, the sign-on screen has been modified so that the 
>user is only allowed to enter their ID and password.  It's less confusing 
>for the users and gives better control over the sign-on so they don't get 
>into something where they don't belong.

Ron:

It can certainly be valuable to customize the signon panel. However, this 
should be considered to be a security mechanism (other than displaying notices 
or simplifying for users, etc.)

Consider a possibility such as:

 ==>  telnet myas400 rmtuser(RONZ) rmtpwd(RonZPwd) rmtinlpgm(QCMD)

This can be run on a command-line on MYAS400 to telnet back into MYAS400 for a 
test.

When bypassing the signon panel (which can be a far better security mechanism 
since passwords can be encrypted rather than sending in clear-text), the signon 
panel is irrelevant.

This form of telnet (client) has been available under OS/400 since V5R1. It is 
supported by clients such as iSeries Access emulation when 'bypass-signon' is 
used. Other emulation clients also allow it, though I don't have a useful list 
handy.

(Server settings such as QRMTSIGN, exit programs, etc., can modify this 
behavior.)

Tom Liotta