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    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...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    RACF RACDCERT should support PDS(E) and zFS as well as sequential data sets

    RACDCERT ADD, CHECKCERT, GENREQ etc. require a unique sequential dataset. Usability would be improved if RACF supported a PDS or PDSE member, or even a zFE file.
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    Allow for individual RACF installations to select their own pass phrase controls like Broadcom allows for ACF2

    JPMC has a policy regarding pass phrases as follows: Password length of 16 characters or greater must be enforced Passwords must not be one of the last 10 passwords used Passwords must not include the digital identity username Passwords must not c...
    11 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

    Run RACF health checks only once per shared RACF database

    Either RACF healthcheck routines should sort out, if the systems of the sysplex share the same RACF database, or there should be grouping parameter that can be specified for the check to "help" the routine to sort that out.
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under 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...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Add Support for Fast Replication / Flash Copy for backup of the RACF Database

    Provide a method to backup the RACF Database that takes advantage of the current utilities that perform Fast Replication/Flash Copies where the backups are more instantaneous.
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 9 Future consideration

    Setropts option to set default owner

    It would be nice if setropts had a way to set the default owner in case a security administrator doesn't specify one.
    5 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 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...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

    RACF throttling logon attempts before revoking

    Protecting users having a password/passphrase from denial of service attack by implementing a timeout value between the failed logon attempts.
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    RACF: Establish a Permission Create Date

    This idea goes along with ZSECURE-I-566. The zSecure suite has several toolsets to cleanup the RACF DB. One area of cleanup is unused/inactive permissions. Access Monitor does track when a permission has been used and provides a tool to remove the...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

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