Important Updates to Cybersecurity Software
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See the new names here > New, Clearer Names for HelpSystems Security Software.
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Please review the following information before upgrading to Exit Point Manager 7 from a previous version.
Note: For information on upgrading in an HA environment, see Replication of Power Admin, Exit Point Manager, and Central Administration in an HA Environment.
Before you upgrade, note the following:
The following user profile was renamed in Exit Point Manager 7:
Previous version | Exit Point Manager 7 |
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PTNSADM |
PTADMIN |
The following authorization list was renamed in Exit Point Manager 7:
Previous version | Exit Point Manager 7 |
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PTNSADM |
PTADMIN |
The following commands have been removed from Exit Point Manager in favor of the HelpSystem's Insite Web UI:
Also, the profile PTWEB, used for the old web server, is no longer installed.
Considerations
Exit Point Manager 7 installs the following product libraries, profiles, authorization lists, commands, objects, and exit points on your system.
Installed on System |
Description |
Libraries |
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Profiles |
(All these profiles are set to Password = *NONE so that they can’t be used to sign on to the system.) |
Authorization List |
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Commands |
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Powertech-created |
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To install Powertech Exit Point Manager on your system, the following system values that control object restores must be configured as shown.
Exit Point Manager requires the following:
If you are using the Showcase product, then in order for Exit Point Manager to control access to Showcase, version 9.1.0.3 of Showcase is required.
If you intend to use exit point monitoring for the QIBM_QSO_ACCEPT (incoming TCP connections) exit point, and if the environment has a high number of incoming TCP connections, the following PTFs are recommended:
The above PTFs will improve exit point processing performance for incoming connections.
Note: If FTP is not available, you must install the product manually. See Manual Installation of Powertech IBM i Products.
Ensure the following servers are available and running prior to upgrading:
Upgrading to Exit Point Manager 7 is a three-step process:
To upgrade Exit Point Manager, run the installation process. Do the following to perform the installation:
Download the Powertech Exit Point Manager installer (setupNetworkSecurity7.exe) from the Exit Point Manager download page. (The "Trial" download is the full product, which can be unlocked with a valid License Key).
On the Choose Components screen, select which components you want to install. You can choose to install the Manuals and the Software for IBM i. Click Next.
If you’re only installing the Manuals, the process completes and the installer closes. The Manuals have been installed. You can skip the rest of these steps.
Note: The manuals are installed to the following location:
C:\Program Files\PowerTech\Network Security\manuals
If you’re loading the Software for IBM i, continue to step 4.
On the Choose a Destination IBM i screen:
Select or enter the IBM i where you want to load Exit Point Manager.
Enter a user profile and password that’s a member of the user class *SECOFR and has at least the following special authorities: *ALLOBJ, *SECADM, *JOBCTL, and *IOSYSCFG. The user profile should have Limit capabilities set to *NO. This profile will be used to restore and copy objects, and for product maintenance on the IBM i.
(Optional) In the Advanced Settings section:
Enter a port number or use the arrows if you want to change the FTP port number to something other than the default of 21.
Select Secure File Transfer if you want to use FTPS (FTP over SSL) during the file transfer. The default FTPS secure port is 990, but it can be changed to the required secure port for your environment.
In the Timeout (seconds) field, enter the number of seconds the session should be kept active during an FTP transfer. You can choose anywhere between 25 and 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
Note: If the transfer takes longer than the amount of time specified, the session will expire.
Click Next.
You have two options on the Product Load Options screen:
Click Immediate Load if you’d like to load the product on the IBM i now.
Click Staged Load if you’d like to transfer the objects now and load them on the IBM i at a later time.
Note: See “Loading Staged Objects on the IBM i” below for instructions on how to load the staged objects on your selected IBM i system.
The Product Load Progress screen for Exit Point Manager appears. When the processing is complete, you have two choices:
If this is the only installation or update of Exit Point Manager that you're doing, click Finish.
If you have installs or updates to do on other IBM i systems, click Restart. Then, return to step 4.
Note: If the Product Load Progress screen ends with an overall Failed message, the product upload could not complete properly. To find the reason the upload failed, click View Logs and review your logs. You can also use Download at the top of the logs to save the information for future review.
To verify that Exit Point Manager installed successfully, enter the following command to display the Powertech Exit Point Manager window, which shows the release and modification level of the product:
PTNSLIB07/LPRDVRM
Exit Point Manager installs the following product libraries, profiles, authorization lists, commands, objects, and exit points on your system.
If you chose to stage your objects during step 5b of the installation or update process, do the following to manually load them on the IBM i you identified above.
On the IBM i, execute the following command to display the Work with Loads screen:
HSLOADMGR/HSWRKLOAD
Enter option 1, Load, next to the Load Name for Exit Point Manager and press Enter.
The installation program installs Exit Point Manager, the PTNSLIB07 library (as needed), and three user profiles (PTUSER, PTADMIN, and PTWRKMGTOW). It adds PTNSLIB07 to the system portion of your library list, if required.
Review the information on the Install Exit Point Manager Host screen and make any necessary changes and additions. Select *NEW for the installation, then press Enter.
The installation program installs Exit Point Manager 7, but does not automatically import information from a previous version. The previous version exit programs remain active, allowing you to continue to use it as you become familiar with version 7 (as long as you do not activate Exit Point Manager 7). Once you’ve familiarized yourself with Exit Point Manager 7, use the Merge Previous NS (MRGPRVNS) command to merge rules from your previous version to version 7. You should review these rules and make any modifications necessary before activating version 7.
Note: Merging data from a previous version of Exit Point Manager does not automatically activate version 7. You must still run the activation process on Exit Point Manager 7 to start using it. See Reactivating Exit Point Manager After an Upgrade (below).
If you are upgrading from version 5 or 6 to version 7, the merge command is:
PTNSLIB07/MRGPRVNS
Merge previous NS (MRGPRVNS) command
Allows you to specify an option for the merge process. This is useful if you’ve performed the merge already, and need to run it again. Possible values are:
*NONE Indicates that no special options are specified; the merge process proceeds normally.
*FORCE Indicates that the merge process should proceed, even if it has been run previously.
Note: Before upgrading, check the PowerTech product download Web page for any additional information.
This parameter contains some settings you may use to limit the amount of data migrated to the new version. This is a multi-part parameter consisting of the following elements:
Add missing data Specify *ADD to add data to the new version that is in the prior version but is missing from the new version. Specifying *NOADD will not migrate missing data from the prior version.
Update existing data Specify *UPDATE to update data in the new version that exists in the prior version but is different to that in the prior version. Specifying *NOUPDATE will Leave the data in the new version alone.
Delete extra data Specify *DELETE to remove data from the new version that does not exist in the prior version. Specifying *NODELETE will leave the data in the new version alone.
Reporting-only users were registered as members of a particular Authorization List in prior versions. Newer versions of Network Security employ the internal Product Security functions contained in Central Administration to control access to parts of the software.
*NO This value indicates that no users will be transferred from the reporting Authorization List.
*YES This value indicates that the members of the reporting Authorization List named in the CVTAUTL() parameter will be attached to the Product Security Role you name on the CVTROLE() parameter.
For more details, see Merge Data From Prior Version (MRGPRVNS) in the Exit Point Manager User Guide.
The Exit Point Manager 7 web server has been discontinued in favor of the HelpSystems Insite web server and browser interface, which offers simultaneous viewing of rules across all systems on your network and support for other HelpSystems products including Robot Schedule and Robot Network. Insite is not installed during Exit Point Manager's installation procedure. To download HelpSystem's Insite, visit the HelpSystems Insite download page.
The following commands have been removed from Exit Point Manager in favor of the HelpSystem's Insite Web UI:
Also, the profile PTWEB, used for the old web server, is no longer installed.
The HelpSystem's Insite Web Browser Interface allows security administrators to work with rules and most other Exit Point Manager features directly from a browser. The following browser versions (or later) are required to use Exit Point Manager's WUI:
Hardware Type | Minimum Browser and/or OS Requirements |
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Desktop/Laptop |
Firefox 11 or higher Chrome 21 or higher Internet Explorer 11 Safari 6.1 or higher Microsoft Edge |
Mobile Device |
iOS: Browsers on iOS 8 or higher Android: OS4.4 or higher using Chrome Windows: OS 10 using Edge |
IBM i |
V7R1 or higher operating system |
A feature of HelpSystem's Insite for Exit Point Manager is the Dashboard.
The Dashboard displays a count of all transactions monitored or controlled by Exit Point Manager. The Dashboard displays the totals for the servers based upon the criteria selected by the user (today's totals, yesterday's totals, last 7 days or last 30 days). You can also select to see the individual server's counts for the past 24 hours. To activate this feature, start the Dashboard Data Summarization job.
To start/end the Dashboard Data Summarization job, use the following commands:
Start - PNSSTRDASH
End - PNSENDDASH
Execution of the Dashboard Data Summarization job can be controlled with the following commands:
PNSHLDDASH - Use this command, Hold Dashboard Collection, to set the system in a state such that data collection to support the web interface Dashboard will not run.
PNSRLSDASH - Use this command, Release Dashboard Collection, to release the Hold Dashboard Collection command, allowing data collection to occur.
Upgrading and reactivating Exit Point Manager are separate processes. An upgrade installs the new Exit Point Manager software on your IBM i system; reactivation activates the Exit Point Manager exit programs. If you upgrade the software, but do not complete the reactivation process, Exit Point Manager protection and auditing of the new version are not active. However, the auditing and access control of the old version are valid and still in effect unless you previously deactivated the exit programs (removed them from the exit points). When you complete both the upgrade and activation processes, Exit Point Manager actively audits the network interfaces.
After you upgrade Exit Point Manager, you must reactivate the exit programs that interact with the servers on your IBM i system. Do the following to activate Exit Point Manager for the first time after the upgrade:
Reactivation stops and restarts your servers. You can use either the Silent method (performed during an IPL) or the Interactive method to activate the exit programs.
Warning: The Interactive method stops and starts your processes and servers when run the activation. You should plan to perform an Interactive activation at a time when stopping critical servers will not interfere with your business processes.
If you want to activate additional servers, use the Work with Activation screen to select the servers to be activated. See Activating Powertech Exit Point Manager in the Exit Point Manager Administrator’s Guide for complete information on activation.
During exit program activation, Exit Point Manager modifies the values of the following Network Attributes:
Parameter | Description | Before | After |
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DDMACC |
DDM request access |
*OBJAUT |
PTNS0107 |
PCSACC |
Client request access |
*OBJAUT |
*REGFAC |
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