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Communications Server

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IP ADDR filter option in TRACE RESOLVER and/or CTRACE RESOLVER

We want to have the option of including a filter by IP address when we capture Trace Resolver or Ctrace Resolver.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

zERT Information for Self-Signed Certificates with no Valid Serial Numbers

We want zERT SMF 119 records to report on all Certificates even if they do not have a Serial number or valid Serial Number like Self-Signed Certificates. You do not report on these self-signed certificates and need these reported on.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF NCA - Install Multiple - add Prologue comment capability

The Install Multiple feature is fantastic but lacks the ability to add a comment to the installed configuration prologue.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

MODDVIPA error code for zCX DVIPA should be improved

If I create a zCX Application-Specific DVIPA range and attempt to allocate a DVIPA with MODDVIPA then the error message I receive is EZZ8314I DVIPA CREATE ioctl() failed for 10.137.90.97 ERRNO=EDC5121I Invalid argument. ERRNOJR=766C7303 If I use B...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow a second ATTLS rule for the inbound data connection, with SecondaryMap Off, when using RACF.

Allow a second ATTLS rule for the inbound data connection, with SecondaryMap Off, when using RACF. If using RACF, then using two different ATTLS rules for FTP is not supported and the FTP data connection would fail with ATTLS RC5023 which means: ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Future consideration

ftp rdw only works one way

IBM's z/OS "ftp" program has an "RDW" option. When ftping a VB file in binary mode from mainframe to PC, it will include RDWs in the datastream on the PC (see "use case" for example program). This is an excellent feature. Unfortunately, there does...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

Better Audit Records for Configuration Assistant

We had an issue where a change was made within the Configuration Assistant for the AT-TLS policy however we could not track who made the change nor what was exactly changed. This makes our ability to pinpoint issues with the security policies much...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow FTP proxy port to be configurable

Customers have interest in being able to configure the port used for FTP proxy.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Enable PASSTICKET support for the FTP Client

There needs to be an option added to the FTP Client to enable the use of PASSTICKET as an authentication metric. Currently the only options that can be used with FTP Client is Password/MFA or X509 Certificate logon. The issue with password logon i...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

zos telnet need to support ssl tls1.2

zos telnet cannot support ssl . We are eliminating non secure connection of port 23, 1023, and 2023. our user logon to tso then use option 6 to telnet to another mainframe via unsecure session. We need to have this function secure using like using...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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