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Communications Server

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CSSMTP comply with AUTH by rfc4954

Need to include the AUTH command on CSSMTP component on zOS TCPIP and zVM TCPIP in order to comply with the rfc4954
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 13 Delivered

Increasing Security and Control for FTP JES Interface

Provide mechanisms for disabling and restricting the use of the FTP JES interface.Add a JESINTERFACELEVEL=0 option in configuration file FTP.DATA to prohibit FTP users from interfacing with JES. Allowing access to JES from FTP introduces a securit...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

Enable zERT to Detect Partial/Failed Secure Handshakes

We would like an enhancement to zERT reporting that would detect a failed or otherwise incomplete SSL/TLS or SSH handshake/negotiation in order to distinguish it from a fully unencrypted connection. Right now zERT marks connections that failed to ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Reuse of address groups in zOSMF Configuration Assistant

As more and more policies can be managed by zOSMF Configuration Assistant it would be very beneficial if the address groups can be re-used in the policies to: Speed up creation of new Policies Prevent duplication of data Simplify Management of add...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

zERT - Passphrase Support

zERT must support Passphrase for authentication and not only 8 char passwords.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

zERT - unneccessary Migration trouble 2.3 to 2.4 to 2.5

We were on z/OS 2.3 and have zERT Table Version 1.3.0 in use.After Migration to z/OS 2.4 the zERT-Plugin in z/OSMF tells wrong schema version.So i tried to run Migration Script IZUZNADG, which creates the new statements for getting correct DDL.But...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

CSSMTP support for RFC4954

CSSMTP needs to support RFC4954 for TLS connectity to Microsoft Exchange servers.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS. Our Security Department requires any Mail Sender to identify itself via 'Simple Authentication and Security Layer' (SASL). Three SASL Methods would fulfill that requirement: a) Method PLAIN. A M...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

Get dynamic window sizes in zOSMF NCA

When working on a big screen running zOSMF and the NCA plugin in full screen mode to work on any of the policies, the window in NCA does not scale to the real size of the window of zOSMF/NCA itself as it's limited to a fixed height. This must be i...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Add support for either DNSSEC or DoH

Nowadays, security is an important concern in every IT area. Data privacy and integrity should be provided for data at rest and data in transit. Traditional DNS protocol running over UDP plaintext is vulnerable for attack, for example DNS spoofing...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered