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Add support for UTF-8 conversion in HTTP Enabler of Web Enablement Toolkit

Web standards dictate JSON request and response must be UTF-8. HTTPS enabler processes as ASCII. This causes U+0080 through U+00FF characters to be misinterpreted when using HWTH_XLATE_REQBODY_E2A and HWTH_XLATE_RESPBODY_A2E. It also causes other ...
3 months ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit Submitted

IBM zEDC to increase max length of output buffer to more than 1 MB

In IBM cloud tape connector(CTC) product , we use the zEDC callable service FPZ4ABC to compress data. This service supports a maximum input and output buffer size of 1 MB. For performance reasons, CTC always invokes this service with the maximum i...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Under review

Add color variants of core shell utilities

On some Linux distributions they have implemented versions of shell utilities like ls that use ANSI escape sequences to show color over SSH connections. It would be seriously useful if z/OS shell utilities had a color variants, as it would make re...
3 months ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities Submitted

z/OS Unix commands for RACF

Just like ZOAU did with a lot of z/OS functionality it would be useful if RACF had Unix commands, it would be a good opportunity to undo the dumb design descisions the original commands had by not repeating them with the Unix commands as well. I o...
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

Reinstate the Servepac Dialogs for product upgrade and installation

This is from a conversation between myself and other IBM tech's. My main objective is in hoping that someday, my complaint about the removal of ServerPac Dialogs will touch the right ears. : IBM is not removing those traditional interfaces nor for...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Not under consideration

Managing zIIP Alternate Wait Time (zIIPAWMT) at the Service Class Level

Why is it useful? Currently, zIIP Alternate Wait Time (zIIPAWMT) can only be managed at the logical zIIP engine or LPAR level. In environments where both PROD and NON‑PROD zIIP‑eligible workloads execute within the same partition, this limitation ...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM Not under consideration

option to evaluate the serial number or the hash value of a certificate in a name filter entry

The certificate could be uniquely identified. This is not reliably possible with issuer and subject distinguished name as the only criteria.
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

CELAAUTH support for message handling in authorized environment

Background: We are upgrading the 31-bit implementation of our product to a 64-bit version. As with the 31-bit implementation, the objective is to run the 64-bit version under an Enclave SRB so it can be zIIP enabled. Historically, we have relied o...
3 months ago in z/OS / LE Future consideration

Enable Sysplex Distributor traffic draining (Disable/Quiesce) for zCX EXTTRG targets

Description In environments using IBM z/OS Container Extensions together with Sysplex Distributor, zCX instances are commonly exposed as TCP targets so that inbound traffic can be distributed across multiple zCX environments running on different L...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

Ability to create a User ID enabled for Enhanced PassTickets with no password and not subject to revoke logic

We request an enhancement to RACF to allow a user ID enabled for Enhanced PassTickets to operate without a password and without being subject to revoke logic. Our solution relies on a PassTicket‑only technical ID to authenticate storage management...
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

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