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Communications Server

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Enhance SERVAUTH SAFNAME for Netaccess to hold an entire IPv4 or IPv6 Address

Please enhance the SAF name for SERVAUTH class NETACCESS statement so I can simply code an entire IPv4 or IPv6 address as the SAF name.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Add SOURCEVIPAINTERFACE information to NETSTAT command

When changing from TCPIP device / link to interface statement, customer was unable to verify SOURCEVIPAINTERFACE was in effect and what SOURCEVIPA was being used. The customer requested that SOURCEVIPAINTERFACE information for XCF links to be adde...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

zOSMF and Comm Server support for # character in AT-TLS/IPSec Policies

Our environment uses the # character as part of User IDs and Job/Task Names. Keyring names are based off the User Id and need to be specified in the AT-TLS policies. However, the # character is not allowed to be used in these policy fields as it i...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Create Health Checker Check to Detect Jobname Style Port Reservation

Create a health checker check to detect if any PORT or PORTRESERVATION statements do not contain a SAF keyword.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP server dynamic allocation of new datasets

FTP Server always dynamically allocates MVS datasets with DISP=(NEW,CATLG,CATLG) and this behavior cannot be modified. Can a design change be made to optionally allow the modification of the DISP parameter when allocating new datasets (in particul...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OS OMPROUTE OSPF support for LSA type 7

Some sort of support required for LSA type 7 when dealing with Cisco ACI fabric networking. Our OSPF implementation with VIPA allows our systems to move between sites seamlessly but with the new ACI fabric we can't define every host as "totally st...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

CSSMTP

Would like Cssmtp to release smtp config file after it is done reading the file.
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

Need to add Enable/Disable field for where used check on reusable rules

Due to the number of stacks that we have in the environment we use a lot of reusable rules. We use the "Show Were Used" to verify where are rules are installed however this is missing a crucial piece of information, if the rule is enabled or disab...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add TCPIP LOGSTRING Information for RACINIT NetAccess Authorization Checks

Add TCPIP LOGSTRING Information for RACINIT NetAccess Authorization Checks. Currently the NetAccess RACINIT checks don't show the IP address in the TCPIP Logstring information which is currently working as designed based on conversations with z/OS...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Messages for OSNMPD and SNMP Unix command need documenting

Whilst trying to migrate SNMP from v1/v2 to v3 I was trying to read the messages produced by the OSNMPD started task and by the SNMP Unix command. These are an odd set of messaged and don't match the normal IBM standards. I have found nowhere wher...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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