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RACF validation of external generated JWTs with fully OIDC support

Currently, RACF can only validate JWTs based on the IDTDATA definitions within RACF itself. In times of multi-platform solutions and higher security demands this is no longer adequate. Modern architectures consinsts of at least front ends and mayb...
10 months ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

RACF Extract API for JWTs (enhancement for ZOS-I-4417)

This is an additon for ZOS-I-4417, but it would also be usefull if it could be provided for the existing JWT validation... With RACF be able to validate JWTs, there should be a service avalable to extract the information out of the JWT after it go...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

ACEE Modification Detection events to SMF

Having an ACEE modification event generate an SMF record would be helpful to an organization's SOC team or any SIEM solution. Today the only way to generate an actionable alert is to roll your own automation and build an actionable event based on ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Prevent User to be revoked from a RRSF side because of inactivity on this side

We have a RACF RRSF network via our sysplexs. We have users who usually only logon in one sysplex. However, in rare situations it can happen that the same user has to logon in another sysplex. RRSF synchronizes the password for this user, but the ...
8 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

SMF80 record to include client IP address independent of application

z/OS is the most valuable platform in kind of security and auditing. In times of Zero Trust it must be possible to see the identiy and source of a login by a client. Currently, you've to check wich application was used to login to z/OS to find the...
6 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Enable flashcopy Command for ESE Volumes

With the new DS8A00 and FCM4 it is necessary to define all Volumes as type ESE (Extended Space Efficent). But we found that the normal flshcopy command under z/VM doesn't either work with ESE-Volumes. You must establish, copy and withdrawn the Fla...
9 months ago in z/VM 3 Functionality already exists

Check that RVARY password is regularly changed by administrator

In order to keep systems secure and avoid static unchanged password for RVARY commands it would be nice if we could audit the fact when RVARY password was last changed. In past it was visible that hash in RCVT changed, for security reasons is no l...
6 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Connect command shouldn't have a default owner

Problem When you do connects in RACF and don't specify an owner it will default to the user id of whoever executed the command, this should be changed as it is not secure and can negatively affect uptime. This becomes an issue if a security admini...
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Allow user ID that authenticate with passticket to not have to set a password.

Currently user ID that use passticket for authentication still have to set a password in RACF even if it is never used. This creates overhead managing a password and renewal of the password where non-expiry passwords are not permitted. This reques...
10 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

RACF to use SYS1.RACFDB ( read only) and User.racfdb (R/W)

I use zD&T( or zPDT) to provide my z/OS system. Every 6 months there is an updated version of ADCD (turn key z/OS solution) available with new catalog, and new RACF database etc. To migrate to this I have to find all the changes I made to my c...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review