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RACF

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RACF panel Display Sys Options results in Open for Output rather than input

Due to Audit requirements, we monitor datasets that are deemed critical to determine who has accessed those critical datasets and whether it is an acceptable/authorized access. We have noticed that our reports have been reporting access to the 'SY...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Allow greater flexibility in Certificate Name Filters

The Certificate Name Filters available under RACF today are very rigid in their matching process. As a short-hand, essentially one can consider the name filter as an exact search string match that the certificate subject must contain exactly. This...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

group-SPECIAL should be sufficient to reset a password for a user with the NOEXPIRED keyword even if they the ROAUDIT attribute

group-SPECIAL should be sufficient to reset a password for a user with the NOEXPIRED keyword even if they the ROAUDIT attribute.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Add System date and time state to List commands in RACF

We have to submit displays of our security database to auditors. Often the displays are not accepted because they lack SYSTEM, DATE and TIME information in the display.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Add RACF GLOBAL Support to FASTAUTH Checks

Add RACF GLOBAL Support to FASTAUTH Checks Currently this is not supported as outlined in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.icha700/spfgac.htm, but would lead to expanded use of GLOBAL entries to standard...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

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...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Allow RRSF to distinguish between ALU commands and only propagate RESUMES/PWs commands.

Allow RRSF to distinguish between ALU commands and only propagate RESUMES/PWs commands. Restrict/qualify the type of commands that can be sent across environment instead of existing all or nothing approach.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Allow Auditing by RACF Group

Allow auditing by RACF group. I need to audit accesses made by a specific RACF group.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Increase the RRSF data size limit

RRSF propagation of NVASAPDT ressources failed Try to activate the AUTOMATIC DIRECTION OF APPLICATION UPDATES in our sysplex environment, but the update for Netview Access are not sent to the other rrsf nodes. The error message is : Application up...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Contents Supervision - Request for API's/Exit Points for RACF PROGRAM Class Verification Checks

As z/OS Contents Supervision does not issue standard RACF/SAF interfaces to check profiles in the RACF PROGRAM class when loading programs/modules into storage, the IBM zSecure Admin Access Monitor does not get sight of the authorisation check as ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

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