PM01752: AFTER ADDING A VALID 2LD INTO CAF, YOU CANNOT CREATE URLS IN COGNOS CONNECTION WHICH REFERENCE A SUBDOMAIN OF THAT 2LD.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Cognos 8
  An error has occurred
  DPR-ERR-2079 Firewall Security Rejection.  Your request was
  rejected by the security firewall
  CAF rejection details are available in the log.  Please contact
  your administrator
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users who wish to specify a domain and all its sub-domains   *
  * as valid domains under IBM Cognos Application Firewall.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Under IBM Cognos Application Firewall configuration, when    *
  * specifying a domain as a valid domain. The firewall will     *
  * only allow URLs that reference this particular domain and    *
  * will not allow the URLs that reference a sub-domain of that  *
  * domain.                                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Upgrade to IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence 8.4.1 FP1      *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The capability of adding a wildcard to the beginning of the
  domain string to specify the validity of that domain and all its
  sub-domains has been added.
  
  For example,
  specifying *.ibm.com
  will allow .ibm.com and all its sub-domains:
  .ottawa.ibm.com
  .riverside.ottawa.ibm.com
  .toronto.ibm.com
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COG8 BI INST CO

• Fixed component ID

  5724W12IC

Applicable component levels

• R841 PSN

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