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    IODF report in CSV format

    Our customer encountered data integrity problem for the user catalogs and the DASD datasets in the data warehouse system because a lot of USBs were SHARED=NO. Then it could not update the databases for a few weeks. So, our customer strongly reques...
    28 days ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Not under consideration

    Convert RACF to UTF-8

    It would be beneficial if RACF supported full UTF-8 natively, it would allow greater support for specialized characters in names and descriptions, it would also make communication with other systems much easier.
    2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

    More Granular RACF Dataset member level access SAF checking

    We have a PDS dataset where several application encrypted password files are housed. Splitting the contents of this PDS is not easily achievable. Can RACF architecture allow for an enhancement feature that performs dataset access SAF checks at the...
    3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Not under consideration

    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 ...
    5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

    Suppress SDSF ULOG panel after z/OS V2.5

    SDSF ULOG display was changed by z/OS V2.5 following. <V2.4>The users who do not authorized READ access to resource ISFCMD.ODSP.ULOG.jesx could not display ULOG panel. <V2.5> The users became to display ULOG panel whether authorized or...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

    Extend the passphrase length to 128 bytes.

    This will be useful for even better security.
    3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Adding ONLYAT support in IRRSEQ00 and IRRSMO00

    It's not an uncommon scenario that one LPAR is in an RRSF network but needs to have differences between it and other systems, so it would be really useful if the IRRSEQ00 and IRRSMO00 callable services supported the ONLYAT keyword, so we can autom...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Improve RACROUTE macro for REQUEST=FASTAUTH to MNOTE on missing WKAREA

    RACROUTE REQUEST=FASTAUTH needs a second work area (WKAREA) that other requests like "auth" don't require (they just required the WORKA), the idea is to add a MNOTE, just like when the normal work area is missing:** ASMA254I *** MNOTE *** 154+ 12,...
    2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Not under consideration

    Usage of the "Common Plattform Enumeration" (CPE) for IBM Products in the "IBM Z an LinuxOne Security Portal" within Resource link

    Given that vulnerability and patch management is not only a concern of the z ecosystem in an organization, the software to manage vulnerability data should be able to handle sources and vulnerabilities for multiple platforms. Therefore a standardi...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / General 5 Not under consideration

    SMF Python API

    I know there's a Python API for SMF but it doesn't run on z/OS. I need a Python package for extracting SMF records directly on z/OS, as that's where my application runs. It should be free and open source, just like RACFu. The reason it's important...
    7 months ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 4 Not under consideration

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