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New privilege for IMPORT into a restrictive database

Granting DATAACCESS authority works but is not a desirable option as the user would get access to all tables. Granting CONTROL or INSERT/SELECT, without DATAACCESS, returns SQL0551N. As a result customers are left on their own to pursue and figure...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Security / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Allow creating allow/deny list of system calls possible by fenced external routines

This will secure the database further from malicious users trying to break out into the host running managed Db2 services on Cloud. This can be done using:1. seccomp() before spawning the db2fmp process and 2. Making more secure SELinux policies f...
9 months ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Revoke on function blocked by depended objects.

The revoke on a function is being blocked due to dependent on the target object. revoke EXECUTE ON FUNCTION "xyz"."aaaaaa"(DATE) from PUBLIC SQL0478N The statement failed because one or more dependencies exist on the target object. Target object t...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Future consideration

Do not block DDL on RCAC-protected table if rule not affected by change

after alter add column RCAC rule must be dropped and recreated, even if new column is not part of rule IBM perspective: In our ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN documentation it says: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_11.5.0/com.i...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Create a new role SECADM_RCAC with limited privileges related to RCAC activities.

We would like a new role to be created (SECADM_RCAC) to allow a designated RCAC admin to administer RCAC rules.
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

SSL Password authentication with KMIP protocol

KMIP 1.1 does not support CN+password authentication in SSL connectivity with KEYSECURE. As of now ONLY CN (hostname) is handshanked to established connectivity with KEYSECURE.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

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.
about 6 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...
almost 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.
about 8 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...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration