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Add a code stub to the z/OS LDAP examples for a basic authenticated session

Please add a new example file or commented section to the existing sample files found in /usr/lpp/ldap/examples/ that uses the LDAP client API to create an authenticated session through SSL on TLS V1.3. A working example would be a good basis to a...
1 day ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

zOSMF - NCA allow to delete default 'Security Levels'

Since a recent upgrade the NCA introduced the capability to delete or add all the default rules which is an appreciated feature. Whereas this idea focuses on the extension of the same functionality to the 'Security Levels'. As we only operate on c...
11 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

JES2 PERFDATA should be written as SMF records for improved usability

JES2 currently provides the results of collected performance statistics in the output of the $D PERFDATA command in many lines of $HASP660 sent to the console and consumable via review of syslog/operlog. The command provides several subscripts, $D...
16 days ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Add an APPL parameter (application name) to internal RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY calls

Add an APPL parameter (application name) for such calls so that INITSTATS can be configured to varying frequency with an APPLDATA profile to RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY calls internal to RACF
16 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

RMFIII - Display needed to indicate %age of H/W Group Cap used

Hello IBM, As an example of what we'd like, please take case TS014739169 and also the description below - We have two LPARs in a H/W Cap Group (values taken from RMF PP H A R D W A R E G R O U P R E P O R T) HW GROUP PARTITION SYSTEM ------NAME CP...
19 days ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Enhance zsh to support tagged shell scripts

In order to increase compatibility and to be able to reuse existing scripts, the zsh should also be able to execute tagged scripts.
26 days ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Future consideration

zOSMF - Data Set and File Search enhancement for data type

This new feature is very useful and handy to scroll through large members and files. However, when allocating a new file in USS it should be possible to provide the file format in which the file is allocated like UTF-8 or ASCII. Additionally the c...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

HMC/HMA & Radius Authentication

Update/modification to Idea ZL1S-I-400. The client is requesting HMC/HMA support/integration for Radius Authentication. This needs to address the scenario where there is no z/OS available in the environment (i.e., therefore not dependent on MFA).
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Allow user to update config of SSH CLI container for security-related control

Currently, for the SSH CLI container embedded in zCX address space, users are not allowed to update any parms for the SSH server and this will only pick the default Openssh configs for its execution, meaning clients are allowed to use some old and...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 1 Future consideration

SMPE Management Plugin

It would be useful to add basic SMPE management functions into z/OSMF. Currently, when using Software Update, if there is a problem with the CSI you have to switch to the ISPF Plugin to enter the panel to make appropriate changes to the CSI (such ...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

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