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It is not uncommon for us to configure a customer’s high availability system for single sign-on. Recently, though, two different customers called me after a role swap saying that SSO was not working.
Posted in High Availability, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AS/400, authentication, high availability, IBMi, kerberos, single sign on, Single Signon, sso
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In a previous post on this topic, I discussed how to calculate the cost of a security-related project and how to compare different solutions for a given security-related project or issue. I asserted that there are three different aspects that … Continue reading
I didn’t come up with the idea for a managed single sign-on (SSO) service. A customer did. When Botz & Associates started security consulting, only infrequently would companies request help implementing SSO. I always wondered why more companies weren’t using … Continue reading
On October 7th IBM Systems Magazine hosted my webcast, How to Achieve SSO in a Day: Eliminate passwords and be an IT hero. I was very happy to see the large number of people who registered, attended, and stayed online until … Continue reading
Posted in Botz Blog, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AIX, IBMi, single sign on, Single Signon, sso, SSO Stat!
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The new IBM i 7.2 release brings several security-related enhancements. Two of them are the ability to use SSO from an IBM i green screen to a remote Telnet or FTP server that also supports Kerberos.
Recently I’ve written several blog posts about biometric authentication in IT Shops (see “Target Attack Leads to Discussion of Biometric Authentication“, “IT Shop Requirements for Exploiting Biometrics“, “Biometrics and SSO“). This post discusses a couple of secondary factors.
Posted in Biometrics, Botz Blog, Cloud Security, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AIX, AIX Security, AS/400, biometric authentication, biometrics, cloud security, data security, IBM i Security, IBM i v7r1, IBMi, information security management, single sign on, Single Signon, sso, SSO Stat!
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In a recent post I noted that the Target breach once again raised the idea of biometric authentication as means of improving the protection of corporate data. Yet for all of its benefits, adoption of biometric authentication within the IT … Continue reading
Posted in Biometrics, Botz Blog, Cloud Security, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AIX, AIX Security, AS/400, authentication, biometric authentication, biometrics, cloud security, data security, IBM i Security, IBM i v7r1, IBMi, info security management, Information Security, information security management, kerberos, security management, single sign on, Single Signon, sso, SSO Stat!
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Many customers download or update data to/from IBM i using XCEL spreadsheets. When they start using Kerberos authentication, end users won’t want to sign-on when they access data through XCEL.
Posted in Botz Blog, IBM i Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged authentication, IBM i Security, IBM i v7r1, IBMi, single sign on, Single Signon, sso
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Thanks everyone that provided feedback on the whitepaper! An updated version of the whitepaper is now available on the website under “Downloads”. If you find/found it useful or interesting please send a link to your friends and colleagues! Thanks again.
Over the summer I’ve helped a number of our customers to implement SSO who, not surprisingly, had a number of users running Windows 7. I ran into problems with Netserver authentication apparently failing. But the problems were very perplexing.
Posted in Botz Blog, IBM i Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged Netserver, single sign on, Single Signon, SMB drive mapping, SMB problem, sso, Windows 7
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