Re: Allowing SFTP in to your i.

On 12-Apr-2012 12:28 , rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

<<SNIP>>
One item of extreme concern is:
Security implications of using SSH on iSeries
http://archive.midrange.com/security400/200609/msg00048.html

<<SNIP>> Should I be concerned as I am? Or is this FUD? The one
reply to the email leads me to NOT believe it is FUD but a rather
valid concern.

With regard to some of the comments in the message at the given link, consider the following as a response: "A system which is not secured using object-level security and [that same system] to which an individual is granted the capability to access via a User Profile and Password, irrespective of any direct access to a command line, is open to the potential for that user to perform every action that the user profile is authorized to perform. That such a user can perform work for which the[ir] user profile is authorized, is little more than an indication that the [object-level security of the] system would be working as designed." See also the second portion of the response [find\position-to the non-delimited string: "No exit point"] by Patrick in:
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200609/msg00964.html

Regards, Chuck