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Allow Sysplex Distributor to monitor ATTLS health

In the event of an ATTLS Group failure, all connections to the system which are secured with ATTLS would fail. Sysplex Distributor would still forward connections to the sick system even when the other destinations are healthy. Sysplex distributor...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Reclassifying messages type EZZ8441I and EZZ8438I to Error (E) status

Reclassifying messages type EZZ8441I and EZZ8438I to Error (E) status EZZ8441I PAGENT MODIFY COMMAND UNSUCCESSFUL - SYNTAX ERROR EZZ8438I PAGENT POLICY DEFINITIONS CONTAIN ERRORS FOR image : type They can go unnoticed by automation and by less exp...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add to IPCS possibility formatting CTRACE SYSTCPDA data to pcapng sniffer format (currently only pcap format is possible)

pcapng format will keep information which is lost in pcap (for instance interface packet information). This information can be valuable during problem determination
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Under review

Control Over TCP Listeners Binding to Port 0

Description: Our organization enforces strict controls over all TCP listeners on our stack using the UNRSV TCP DENY WHEN LISTEN logic and SAF resource keyword definitions. This approach ensures that only authorized listeners, explicitly defined in...
2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF - Network Configuration Assistant - Traffic Descriptor smart filtering

Currently in a Traffic Descriptor the Job Name filter does accept wildcard character as the last character. This works but depending on jobname pattern this can result in a large list of traffic types in a traffic descriptor. If the differentiator...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Increase SYSLOGD_TCPTHREADPOOL_SIZE as limit of 128 is too low or allow multiple instances of SYSLOGD for network mode

Requirement from storage team to send logs via TCPIP. They have over 130+ devices and requesting to have all the logs sent to same system. Currently 128 is too low.
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Under review

Client Certificate validation on AT-TLS Server with client authentication

In AT-TLS, when the HandshakeRole parameter is set to ServerWithClientAuth, a certificate request is sent to the client during the handshake. The client can send its certificate to the server, which can then validate the certificate. The level of ...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow System Symbols in PAGENT Konfiguration files

Currently, it is not possible to use system symbols in the PAGENT configuration files. It would be advantageous if it were possible to use system symbols in the configuration to identify system specific configuration files. This is important when ...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Future consideration

Determining CPU Usage per Application in TCPIP Stack

We would like to determine the cost and CPU usage of each application running under each address space. Specifically, we need to identify how much CPU usage is consumed by each application under the TCP/IP workload. For example, if the TCP/IP addr...
4 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

We need Symbols for zERT Policy

Unlike IPSEC, zERTPE does not have stack symbols. This would be helpful with IP Addresses as in different systems I will have different IP addresses but need the same rule. This will reduce the toil of what I need to do. i.e. If I were to have a s...
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

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