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My ideas: Security

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Restore with SHOW MASTER KEY DETAILS requires db entry in list db drirectory

To know master key details, SHOW MASTER KEY DETAILS require db entry in list db directory otherwise it creates new entry. To get the details from backup image on production system - requires prod db to be down which is not feasible.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Import and AUTH_LIST* support for implicit trusted context connection

Trusted context is a very good security mecanism to promote a user from an application server to a specific role. We face 2 problems:- SADMIN needs to do IMPORT REPLACE actions that fail.l- we have no visilibilty from AUTH_LIST_AUTHORITIES_FOR_AUT...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Exclude the DGTT from the objmaint audit

Add an option to exclude the DGTT from the objmaint audit.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Profiling for athorities and privileges

Often application owners/developers do not exactly know which authorities (like LOAD) and privileges (like read on syscat tables) are needed on a database for the application workload. It would be helpful to have a method to capture the privileges...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

CONTROL requirement for LOAD utility with REPLACE oprion on LBAC tables

Product: DB2 UDB V10.1Problem: LOAD uitility requiring to have CONTROL/DROP on table with LBAC security control when using LOAD REPLACE option. Description: our application team uses load utility with REPLACE option extesnively and with implementi...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

sqldbdir & sqlnodir owned by regular user / Security exposure (RIMS)

PMR 44825,035,649 db2icrt creates a directory ~/sqllib with 775 permissions for a new instance. It does not 'bother' to intially create directories ~/sqllib/sqldbdir, ~/sqllib/sqlnodir and ~/sqllib/sqlgwdir. If dbm cfg is updated with a group for ...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Security at a granular level(RIMS)

security at a more granular level. Want loadforce, alter not logged initially, refresh, etc without having to grant control, dbadmn. And load at the table level NOT database. High. Lisa Lagrow
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration