Kisco Information Systems announces a two factor authentication tool for the IBM i platform. i2Pass provides extra security protection for IBM i (Power i, iSeries, AS/400) applications. It works with 5250 terminal session connections or with customer applications using an API interface.
Passwords can be compromised when using Telnet and other products over the
Internet. “Hackers” and “snoopers” can pick up user profiles and passwords and
then use them to access the IBM i.
i2Pass provides protection by implementing a two factor authentication
requirement for enrolled signon users and devices. This additional password, a
randomly generated nine digit number, can only be used only once. After it has
been used, it can never be used again for a specific user profile, the additional
password is permanently retired. This method allows access the system from a
remote location for a legitimate purpose, but when someone tries to use that
same authentication code over again, they are denied access.
Users can be enrolled along with their email address. When a signon is in
process, the second authentication code is automatically emailed to the user and
then requested to complete the signon process. When a code is sent by email, it
must be used within a 15 minute window. After 15 minutes, it will expire and
cannot be used.
The two factor authentication can also be used from within customer
applications. Application Program Interfaces (APIs) allow customers to call the
Kisco routines to generate the second authentication factor and email it to their
user along with subsequent validation of the combination of user and secondary
code.
i2Pass can also be used to pre-generate a set of two factor authentication codes
and produce them on a listing. These can then be used to establish a remote
connection. As each code is used, it is retired. Additional codes can be
generated as needed and new listings of pre-generated codes can be made.
This will come in handy when a user does not have immediate access to instant
email.
i2Pass is licensed based on the serial number where the software is installed, the
partition where the software is installed and the number of user profiles enrolled.
Licenses are available for up to 25 users, from 26-100 users, from 101-200 users
and an unlimited user license. When you install the software, at 25 user license
is configured.
The software is compatible with systems using IBM’s V5R4 software release and
higher, including i/OS 7.2.
Complete product information is available at www.kisco.com/i2p.
i2Pass pricing starts at $495.00 for a single partition license 25 user license and
tops out at $1,295.00 for an unlimited user license. LPAR pricing is also
available that lets customers implement the software in multiple partitions on a
single serial number. Kisco Information Systems offers a free 30-day evaluation
of the product that can be downloaded with complete software documentation
from www.kisco.com. To obtain a free evaluation on CD call Kisco at (518) 897-
5002 or e-mail
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