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    z/OSMF enable automatic REST API TSO logoff when logging out of z/OSMF

    Currently, when using software update (and perhaps other OSMF functionality?) a TSO session is started for the REST API and it does not end when a user logs out of z/OSMF. It requires some amount of time without any activity before the session wil...
    over 2 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 1 Not under consideration

    Create a new parameter for SFTP which prevents the replacement of a file if a new file with the same name is transferred to the targeted directory

    If SFTP is used to transfer a file to a directory with a file of the same name, SFTP will overwrite the existing file. Some other implementations have a -n parameter, for noreplace, which prevents the server from overwriting the existing file. Som...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

    Add information to the SMF 119-96 and 119-97 records.

    SMF record 119 subtype 96 (server transfer completion) and subtype 97 (client transfer completion) each contain a field for execution status. These are SMF_119SSH_FSStat and SMF_119SSH_FCStat respectively. These fields contain one of two values: O...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

    SSH Closing Down needs to clear all the forked client sessions

    Hi Team I was very much surprised to know that there is no such command to clear all the forked client sessions when SSHD is being stopped for an IPL / Recycles and we need to wait for all these sessions to close down or get closed due to being id...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

    Upgrade LibreSSL version to latest under z/OS 3.1 is possible.

    As seen via the ssh -V command => OpenSSH_8.4p1, LibreSSL 3.0.2 This version of LibreSSL is not compatible with the latest OpenSSL 3.0 that was installed on an AIX server and that broke an existing CICS application's TCPIP socket connection to ...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

    s390x based oc-mirror plugin for linuxONE OpenShift clusters to mirror Operator HUB file based catalog in Air gapped environment.

    oc-mirror plugin can fine-tune the configuration to only include the OpenShift Container Platform releases and Operators that cluster needs which reduces the amount of data needed to download and transfer. Currently s390x based oc-mirror plugin is...
    over 2 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 1 Not under consideration

    Server and user authentication using X.509 certificates

    As of now it is not possible to authenticate users or servers using X.509 certificates using OpenSSH. We want to be able to authenticate users (coming from Windows) using X.509 certificates.
    over 7 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Not under consideration

    OpenSSH debug1: Exit Status 1 - misleading

    System: OpenSSH on z/OS Actor: User needing clarification / adjustment of failure message - can be misleading in its current state Description: For all current versions of OpenSSH, we have something like this: Connection to hostname.xyz closed.Tra...
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

    NMI support for OpenSSH SMF record type 119 94-98

    We would like to collect SMF records for sftp 119 subtypes 94-98. We are currently using the NMI to collect SMF 119 records and report on them. Can we get these records via the NMI? Seems inconsistent to us to provide some records via the NMI and ...
    about 4 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 3 Future consideration

    zOS OpenSSH extended attrs

    Hello, Secure file transfers between mainframe ( client ) and remote Windows server ( FreeSSHD) abends with following message: FOTS0883 remote open ("...") : Bad message There were tested two cases:Mainframe -> Wintel file transfers ending with...
    almost 9 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

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