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RACF

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RACF should prioritize checking certificates with longer validity periods in the keyrings.

Opening a new idea (RFE) since IBM changed the status of ZOS-I-4249 to Not under consideration Why is it useful: Let's consider an example: CustomerX provides a new subCA to Visa for installation as a trusted entity because one of their subCAs, sa...
5 months ago in z/OS / RACF 13 Future consideration

Simple documented configuration of passphrase complexity rules

I am familiar with IRRPHREX option. However, I would like a simpler option that is managed and displayed in SETROPTS. I don't need extensive customizability, I really only need to enforce minimum length of 15 rather than 9. I can do it with IRRPHR...
6 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration
118 VOTE

Add ability for RACDCERT to handle multiple subject alternative names

Currently, RACDCERT list will only show the first altname for a certificate. Certificates can often have many other altnames, and that information can be difficult to obtain. Also, RACDCERT can only generate certificates with one altname, when man...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 11 Future consideration

Anticipating RACF profiles that reaching maximum size

IRR411I message indicates when a profile reached the maximum output size that RACF can handle (65 535 bytes), but it is not possible to know the real size of a profile at a given moment to anticipate this situation. Would it be possible to impleme...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Remove DES as an option for password encryption for newer releases of RACF

Please can you consider removing DES as an option in RACF in a future release of z/OS & RACF, to force sites to upgrade to KDFAES. I teach a lot of Auditors about Mainframe Security and they are very surprised to learn that DES is still a thin...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Define the conflicting certificates have same public key within RACF database

RACF database should have certificates with same public key to be defined. As long as certificates have different serial number, they should be consider as different certificates. Since Digicert has created two intermediate CA which have different...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Add REVOKE in FACILITY password reset authorities

Enhance the authority associated with FACILITY resource IRR.PASSWORD.RESET and those prefixed IRR.PWRESET to allow users to REVOKE an ID within the existing scope of authority of these resources. These FACILITY resources allow users to RESUME and ...
12 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Create New SMF Record subtype for ACEECHK Warnings

When enabling ACEECHK class in RACF to detect ACEE modification detection events, only IRR421I is issued to the syslog. This request is to have a SMF80 subtype record created to log these events so they can be easily researched among recent or arc...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

RACF - Postprocessing data for REQ=FASTAUTH

While using IBM zSecure Access Monitor to create access reports, it's currently not possible to properly report on CL(PROGRAM) even with the 'OPTION CAPTUREPROGRAMS' enabled. That seems to work as designed as documented here and here. Access Monit...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

IRR.PASSWORD.RESET profile should be provide more flexibility

CONTROL access to the profile permits to a user to: 1) Reset a password with NOEXPIRED operand or 2) Reset the password or password phrase within the minimum change interval for a user who does not have the SPECIAL, OPERATIONS, AUDITOR, or PROTECT...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

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