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LDAP

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z/OS LDAP Support for AT-TLS

z/OS LDAP should either add support for AT-TLS or provide instructions for using LDAP while AT-TLS is active.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

Add Dataset support to the SDBM backend

Don't see that recomendation from https://ibmsecurity.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/AMDS-I-334 that new RFE has been opened.But we're interested of same feature to handle racf dataset profiles from SDBM backend. z/OS 2.4 has added DATASET support to the R_A...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

Add LDAP configuration option to restrict specific IP addresses from connecting to the server

As it stands currently there is no easy way for an LDAP administrator to prevent/block specific IP addresses from connecting to the server. The admin must rely on other products like TCP, we recently found out that NETACCESS is not a viable soluti...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Future consideration

LDAP Debug tracing should externalize negative SQL return codes

LDAP debug tracing does not externalize SQL error messages when using TDBM with DB2. This means that customers may need to recreate an issue twice, which may not be possible, in order to receive the SQL return code if the LDAP return code is not s...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

LDAP for zOS - Implement serchFilterSizeLimit

System: IBM Tivoli Directory for z/OS Tivoli Directory Server is used to implement SUDO functionality like described in https://www.sudo.ws/man/1.8.17/sudoers.ldap.man.html, that generate automaticlly a search filter with many predicates using IP ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

More details behind LDAP's Internal Errors like R008115

LDAP reason code: R008115 An internal TDBM backend error has occurredis not enough detail for customers to fix the problem themselves. Internal issues like not defining an entry completely (eg, the user used on a Bind) should be externalized.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Future consideration

LDAP zOS - Rewrite Engine

Implement a plugin to "ITDS for z/OS" with Rewrite Engine Functionality, like available in OpenLDAP overlay "slapo-rwm". This implementation will permit LDAP server rewrite bad queries, reducing the processing time on backend DB2. For more informa...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 3 Not under consideration

Use SQL Parameter Markers for TDS on z/OS

Currently the TDS server does not user Parameter Markers in the SQL statements. This leads to inefficient DB2 access plans being generate because each statement comes across as "unique". Please convert to using SQL parameter markers.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Planned for future release

Request to add timeout functionality to synchronous binds

Our client would like to put a timeout parameter in on the z/OS client side and are trying to understand if that's possible. They are using GLD.SGLDHDRC(LDAP) to compile their C routine and are wondering if there is anything equivalent to the LDAP...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

LDAP zOS - internal static group lookup

Create a parameter to choose the objectclass that will be used to search in DB2 for static Groups of a user in function tdbm_get_staticgroups()
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Not under consideration