What's new for IBM i 7.5
Read about new or significantly changed information for the Security reference topic collection.
The System Security (QSECURITY) system value can no longer be set to 20. If your system is currently running at level 20, it can continue to run at 20. If you change the system security level to some other value, you cannot change it back to level 20.
A new password level was added to the Password Level (QPWDLVL) system value. Password level 4 supports passwords with a length of 1-128 and uses Password-based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) with HMAC SHA512 (SHA-2 512 bit) encryption.
Maximum sign-on attempts can be set for individual profiles using the new Maximum sign-on attempts (MAXSIGN) parameter on the Create User Profile (CRTUSRPRF) and Change User Profile (CHGUSRPRF) commands.
The Retain Server Security (QRETSVRSEC) system value is obsolete.
Miscellaneous updates to audit journal entries have been made.
Other miscellaneous updates have been made to this topic collection.
What's new since first 7.5 publication
The following revisions or additions have been made since the first 7.5 publication:
- December 2022 update
- A new appendix containing IBM-supplied function IDs has been added.
- New fields or values have been added to the SM and M8 audit entries.
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