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Enhance SERVAUTH EZB.PORTACCESS SAF checks to validate Port Usage Intent

Please update the code that calls SAF for EZB.PORTACCESS to not just grant access based upon the RACF profile access control list but to go a step further and validate the intent of use of all ports. A mode of operation where the potential impact ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

zERT Information for Self-Signed Certificates with no Valid Serial Numbers

We want zERT SMF 119 records to report on all Certificates even if they do not have a Serial number or valid Serial Number like Self-Signed Certificates. You do not report on these self-signed certificates and need these reported on.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add ICMP probe support to the Tracerte tool.

Currently Tracerte uses UDP packets for the probes and ICMP msgs for the responses. Firewall implementations prefer ICMP Echo & Echo reply msgs for Tracerte. Currently many other implementations either use ICMP msgs or allow ICMP msgs to be us...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Customize JES Keepalive value

Our customer has 2 centers, and there are z114s on both sites. And TCPIP NJE session is established between node of two center. If packet loss occured between 2 centers, it may cause disconnect of NJE session. We can't avoid packet loss perfectly,...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

DFSMSrmm "Dependent Write"

The Itau bank has 2 large sysplex, the Bank and Cards, both systems are user of IBM DFSMSrmm product. Our 2 environments have the GDPS MGM (Metro/Global Mirror) with hyperswap solution, periodically we run our Disaster Recovery Test on Site C to c...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Not under consideration

List of restricted words in password rules

There are some obvious passwords that are very easy to guess, and is important to avoid using them. The idea is to have a list of restricted words that cannot be part of a password and that RACF will not accept. This list must be configurable t...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Enhance IAZ0543I informational message

Any application doing a socket call to bind or connect to a IP address, or to get a port number from the TCPIP stack during startup can fail with LE's error message "EDC8116I Address Not Available" for the errno. It's up to the application to prov...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF NCA - Install Multiple - add Prologue comment capability

The Install Multiple feature is fantastic but lacks the ability to add a comment to the installed configuration prologue.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

ICSF panels - add key label usage / search function

Would like the ability to display what key labels were used during a certain interval or past xx days. With HCR77B0+ ICSF can track what keys were used, but there isn't an 'off the shelf' solution for sysprogs/admins to be able to view the data, i...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 2 Not under consideration

JES2 Policy to examine the job card time parameter

We use the job card TIME parameter to assign a job class so the ability to read the value will simplify our ability to reduce/eliminate JES exits.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

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