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RACF

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Apply RACF Conditional ACL only when in MFA fallback mode

When Using MFA, RACF conditional access lists should have the option to be applied only when the user is being authenticated in password fallback (PWFALLBACK) mode – in this case, to limit access to a terminal name prefix. (Ross Cooper suggested I...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Enhance RACF so that type 80s cut for CONNECT commands are consistent

RACF should be consistent about when it cuts type 80 records for CONNECT commands. That is not the case today. We always get them when the AUTH() parameter is specified even if the connection already exists. We do not get them if we issue this typ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Group Connected To Groups

Want to have one group that uses RBAC (Role Based Access control) for the purpose of access control.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Increase TAPEVOL facility class limit to 50k

Current TAPEVOL facility class used by HSM tapes is limited to 10k and we can have 10 suffixes if following volser ranges as numbers. Currently on my system, we have breached this limit and working on moving from TAPEVOL to DATASET facility class....
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

z/OS UNIX File System Audit Default Bits

Please enhance z/OS UNIX so I can set default auditing bits for both the file owner and system Auditor.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Future consideration

RACF Password History and RACF LDAP Password reset interface

We would like the ability for RACF to check the Password History when the password is being reset through the LDAP interface. Based on feedback from RACF support (see PMR) they use a ALTUSER command which currently does not check the password hist...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Add support to Encryption Facility OpenPGP for OpenPGP certificates with public keys to be stored in RACF

Support better security than keys stored in USS. We want to keep our public and private keys in our Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)/RACF. Encryption Facility provides for writing OpenPGP public keys to a USS for or to JAVA keys stores. It does ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Relief for High CPU with KDFAES Password Encryption

After activation of KDFAES Password encryption, high CPU usage occurs in IRRMXPW0. APAR OA50748 was created to provide relief for the increased overhead. However, VTAM LOGON to IMS applications using different LUNAME/LTERMs and PASSTICKETs instead...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Honour the CLIST keyword on SEARCH when UID is specified

The SEARCH command in RACF does not honour the CLIST keyword if UID is specified. This is documented behaviour insofar as the manual states that all other keywords are ignored if UID is specified. However it is very unhelpful and could simply be a...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Provide logging of interactive superuser activities

Our security policy requires that the use of "privileged utilities" which includes root access (uid=0 / superuser) must provide logging of the use of the utility. This includes logging what the user is doing while in superuser mode.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration