IBM i Security Incoming Processing

MFT Platform Server can be configured to allow the IBM i security system to determine whether transfer requests should be received by a certain remote node system.

In the Node Configuration screen, the MFT Platform Server administrator can specify a specific remote node name, which gives the remote node security rights to receive a transfer request. MFT Platform Server can check the IBM i rights to determine if a transfer request should be allowed for a particular user or remote node name.

This example indicates the checking that might be performed for a transfer request.
  • Transfer request is received by MFT Platform Server for IBM i.
  • MFT Platform Server utilizes the IBM i Security System to determine if the remote user profile name or password that was received is invalid, if so the transfer request is rejected.
  • The IP Address of the MFT Platform Server system that initiated the transfer request is compared against the node configuration. If an entry was not defined for this IP Address, the transfer request is rejected.