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PRBC0603-559 Support for Role Hierarchies for Authorization (John DeGroot)

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: CN=Arlene Berchtold/OU=Poughkeepsie/O=IBMSubmitters Company: RBC Financial Group PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PRBC0603-559 Support for Role Hierarchies for Authorization (John DeGroot)Homework Assigned: NoRequ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PBAR0207-1022 Controlling 64Bit programs/users

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Martyn.StevensSubmitters Company: Barclays BK PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PBAR0207-1022 Controlling 64Bit programs/usersHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed Status:...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PBOM1203-643 Security Granularity in Systems Management Products and Tools

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Malcolm.SandersonSubmitters Company: Bank of Montreal PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PBOM1203-643 Security Granularity in Systems Management Products and ToolsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core Tech...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

WOAS0705-818 RACF needs to remove the 240 byte limitation on resource names - Security WG

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Bill.ODonnellSubmitters Company: PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: WOAS0705-818 RACF needs to remove the 240 byte limitation on resource names - Security WGHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: WebSphereCurren...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Do not RACLIST FACILITY when XFACILIT are RACLISTed

In order to use the HZSPRINT utility and the design for IBM Health Checker the XFACILIT-class in RACF has to be RACLISTed. When RACLIST XFACILIT the class FACILITY also gets RACLISTed and if you use own applications that store information in the F...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

provide INACTIVE option at single user level

We need the capability to override the SETROPTS INACTIVE(xx) option at single user level and specifically to disable the INACTIVE option to avoid that machine-to-machine user or specific users are revoked if not used within the INACTIVE interval.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

GSE UK RACF Enhancements

See attached file
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

New Access for RACF Profiles IRR.*

in the security Administrators Guide it is written : Access authority to theIRR.PASSWORD.RESETIRR.PWRESET.OWNERIRR.PWRESET.TREEIRR.PWRESET.EXCLUDE Read Access Permits use of the PASSWORD operand to change auser's password to the default password v...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

RACF ? Encryption enhancement for the password envelope

RACF Password envelopes are used to synchronize Passwords from RACF to IBM Security Identity Manager for all users. The encryption of the password enevelope is expressed as being Triple DES with 168 bit key length. However, security regulation may...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PVPS1009-1290 Make it possible to list EJBROLES a USER or GROUP has permission to

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: ste@vps.noSubmitters Company: VPS PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PVPS1009-1290 Make it possible to list EJBROLES a USER or GROUP has permission toHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration