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Core Infrastructure

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Provide support in RACF to add and list extended key usage (EKU)

Currently RACF does not allow to add extended key usage in a certificate. It also can not list. However working with TLS 1.3, it is necessary to have clientAuth in extended key usage. It is not desired to use old Java keytool or openssl to g...
4 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

SDSF Support Next DS and Prev DS from individual Dataset

Enable the Next and Prev command when viewing an individual spool file. This is currently supported if the view is of the entire JOB. Specifically, to use the SDSF terminology, please allow 'switching' to the Next or Previous dataset when the curr...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workflow Syntax Check for input variables

Currently, z/OSMF seems to not be able to check input fields for the correct syntax. In case of wrong input fields, z/OSMF just accepts the input and continues. This is even worse in case of e.g. provisioning a black box like zCX. For example: zCX...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 3 Future consideration

sudo incidents should be reported

If a user, that is not in the sudo group tries to issue a sudo it looks like this: user@server:~$ sudo mkdir /test[sudo] password for user:user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. But as I was told in case TS004442144 this ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workflows. Straight the skew of archived workflows

The way of working with archived workflows should be refactored. If a user archives a workflows it is dependent on that user if it will be cleaned up or stays there forever. If the underlaying zFS runs full it is very hard for a system administrat...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

New JES2 policy to replace JES2 EXIT 6 functions like security checking for TIME parameter.

Hi We don’t want users to specify TIME=nnnn/NOLIMIT on the exec or job statement without proper authorization. So the idea is to check if a user specifies TIME=nnnn/NOLIMIT in his JCL and then check via the “AuthorityCheck” function a RACF profile...
11 months ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF workflow engine to provide access to zOSMF JWT/LTPA token

When creating a zOSMF workflow step that invokes an External RESTapi, it would be useful to have access to the current z/OSMF user's JWT token in order to use the bearer token in an API call for other z/OS services. APIs that go through Zowe's API...
9 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

In the default z/OS distribution predefine empty mount point /dsfs

With the default SMP/E root filesystem please deliver it with a /dsfs mount point so that it is there and won't be lost with maintenance.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 5 Functionality already exists

Move Policy Agent processing to above the bar to correct storage exhaustion errors during policy REFRESH/UPDATE

We are building an ipSecPolicy file for REFRESH/UPDATE into PAGENT for load to TCPIP for packet management. In defining our rules, we've found we have a very large Policy Agent definition file to cover such disparate issues as VIPA, DVIPA, Enterpr...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Support LogFilter for ibm-filterSubject

Currently, we can set a logfilter for an IP-Adress by using / F ldapuxsl, LOG FILTER,(IBM-FILTERIP=1.2.3.4) In the ACL documentation we find additional filters that can be set for ACLs, for example ibm-filterSubject. Having the Subject filter also...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Submitted