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IBM i OS level expiration clock
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This needs some text #2

Closed stevencpitcher closed 6 years ago

stevencpitcher commented 6 years ago

Support for IBM i 7.1 is running out. But don't worry, you can still upgrade to IBM i 7.2 or better yet IBM i 7.3.

Download a new, supported version of IBM i from the IBM ESS website: https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/index.wss

Check out what's new for IBM i 7.3 here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/db2/rbafzwhatsnew.htm

And don't forget to read the IBM i 7.3 Memo To Users here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ko/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzaq9/rzaq9.pdf

Reasons to upgrade from IBM i 7.1:

  1. If you remain on IBM i 7.1, IBM Software Maintenance will cost much more with an added Extended Support charge after April 30th, 2018.

  2. The IBM HTTP Server that shipped with IBM i 7.1 (Apache 2.2) will go out of support December 31st, 2017. This means that IBM i 7.1 will no longer be PCI compliant from a HTTP perspective. IBM HTTP Server has been upgraded to Apache 2.4 in IBM i releases 7.2 and 7.3.

  3. The default Java version on IBM i 7.1 is version 6. This will be going end of support on December 31st, 2017 as well. It’s recommended you upgrade to Java 7 or 8 no matter what version of IBM i you have. There will be no more fix packs for Java 6.

  4. 75% of ciphers offered in IBM i 7.1 are not deemed secure. If securing your system is a priority to you, consider upgrading to IBM i 7.3, which offers far more secure cipher suites.

ThePrez commented 6 years ago

Submitted pull request #3 for review and consideration.

jbh commented 6 years ago

I wonder why this wasn't automatically closed when the pull request was merged. 🤔

jbh commented 6 years ago

Oh, right, the issue needs to be mentioned in the pull request: https://github.com/blog/1506-closing-issues-via-pull-requests