Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 4:20 am Post subject: MQ Series security from JMS client
Acolyte
Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 53
We are using Websphere MQ 5.3 installed on WIndows 2000 Server and JMS client (running on another machine )to put the messages. But unfortunately, when we are not specifying any user ID / Password, then also we are able to put the messages to the MQ queues.
This is becoming a security threat. We dont want to use channel security exit or SSL. Please let us know, if somehow we can restrict this, i.e, with the default userid MUSR_MQADMIN it won't be possible to connect to the Qmgr. Can we do any type of set up in the MQ level or OS level, that we can authenticate the USER ID/ PASSWORD.
Sorry to disturb you, but it will be of great help if you can help us or throw some pointers.
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject: User id and group.
Centurion
Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 109 Location: Colorado
If you are creating a client connection to a SVRCONN channel then the user id the process is running under should be the one that MQS uses to evaluate permissions to objects. Try running the JMS program as a different user than the MQ administrator. Creat an application user id on the server side that the application can use.
You can also forse a user id to be used at the channel level. Look at the SRVCONN channel definition and you will see where to set it... Traffic comming in through the channel shoudl be associated with the the id in the definition. You can then use the user id in the channel in conjunction with setmqaut to provide basic security.
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