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Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)
Created by Guest
Created on May 8, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Require Generic TSM Client Login Failure Messages

TSM Backup/Archive Admin Client and Client display failures that are too explicit, and the requirement is that it is generic, in order to meet security requirements:
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For this TSM issue, one message overlaps, that for the wrong password. This should not indicate the login failed because of a mis-entered password, but instead that the login failed or access is denied:
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ANS1051I Invalid password
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For TSM Admin Client, there is another message indicating the wrong ID was entered, and again this should be a generic login failure.
ANS8034E Your administrator ID is not recognized by this server.
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For the TSM Client, the messages are coupled, but are still explicit and these too, should be generic login failures:
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ANS1025E Session rejected: Authentication failure
ANS1353E Session rejected: Unknown or incorrect user ID entered

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Oct 24, 2017

    This has been resolved in Spectrum Protect 8.1.2.

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