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SYSLOGD zIIP eligable

Since z/OS V3R1 backported to V2R5 (PH47666), SYSLOGD provides the possibility to send logs to remote systems. This open's a whole new world, like connecting systems to Splunk in a very easy way. In times of every MIPS count, this new possibilitie...
1 day ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Under review

Provide options to cancel active user sessions

It would be beneficial to have options to cancel active user sessions in order to comply with an audit requirement. This would involve providing the following options: Enhancing the Usage Satatistics plugin by selecting a box beside a User ID, the...
4 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Delete AboutPage.jsp link from Welcome Page on z/OSMF

This AboutPage is a huge security problem because a guest can see a lot of informations that he don't have to know
about 13 hours ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

For HLQ's without a pdsmodel or psmodel configured, pass an undefined allocation over to DFSMS to handle it

This is useful for two reasons. 1) With the current limitation of the dsadm createparm command not allowing its use only when USERID EQ HLQ, which is in itself a terrible restriction.2) Without having a pdsmodel or psmodel configured for that HLQ,...
1 day ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
about 7 hours ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Submitted

Deliver security / integrity / vulnerability notification information in a consistent field delineated format

Security / integrity and vulnerability notifications may be difficult to obtain, assess, correlate and act upon. Format and delivery mechanisms are obtuse, inconsistent at an industry level or may be missing altogether. Leaving each customer expos...
15 days ago in z/OS / General 1 Submitted

Buffering log of NIP console

If an IPL of a z/OS system gets stuck in the NIP phase there is only very limited information available on diagnosing the error. Usually it is only the 24 lines of output on the NIP console. If the messages describing the error roll out of the con...
7 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 0 Submitted

have z/OSMF exploit shared libraries - todayit is just enabled

The default for Java shared library support is to store the information in memory. This means the first time a Java program is started it loads the libraries, and saves the information in memory. The second time the Java program is started it can ...
7 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

move Workflow 'Start Parallel Automation'

Currently the Workflow 'Start Parallel Automation' is available under the Actions pulldown when in a Workflow. Whereas the 'Perform - Perform Automated Step' is available by a 'Right Click' on the Step. The Automation option shoujld be move or dup...
about 5 hours ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Enhance the PFA_COMMON_STORAGE health check

The output in SDSF for the PFA_COMMON_STORAGE health check can identify address spaces which are leading the charge for exhausting common storage but it does not do a great job at identifying what within that address space might be obtaining commo...
1 day ago in z/OS / BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis 0 Submitted

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