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Communications Server

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zERT Long running reports - Next to Impossible in the current state of zERT

Hi zERT is mainly used to get a cryptographic picture of the systems we manage. That inherently means it is used to analyze the entire TCPIP traffic on the stacks. Now with this much data going in as the input and we in our shop make it a lean ext...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Cleint Certificates should not be required when specifying SECURE LOGIN as REQUIRED and SECURE PASSWORD as OPTIONAL.

Many FTP clients from various government and non government organizations connect to us. Some use Z: OS clients and some use non Z:OS clients. The administrators of these clients have various expertise. We wish to migrate as many of the clients to...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Obviate need for base register when using EZASMI interface

Right now use of the EZASMI interface to TCP/IP sockets programming requires a base register. It would be nice if that were not the case because it hampers development of baseless programs. I'd find it reasonable if a solution were provided based ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

zERT Enforcement Policy and Policy Agent not adhering to same implementation

When using a zERT Enforcement Policy with two or more Traffic Descriptors, Policy Agent is not able to handle those as a single rule and creates artificially additionalrules for each Traffic Descriptor associated with the zERT defined rule, append...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

ATTLS advanced display function

Currently there is only one command to display the installed ATTLS base. "pasearch -t ". Network operator need more detail information for problem determination * Selecting ATTLS rule using wildcard for Rulename* Test command similar ipsec -t comm...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

zOSMF Configuation Assistant AT-TLS reusable rules

In working with the Configuration Assistant we have found that with the IPSEC Reusable Rules we can create a rule that is easy to move between stacks. Having this capability for AT-TLS rule would also be helpful.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

"Install multiple" must be available in all dialogs

In "Network Configuration Assistant" the new "install multiple" feature is missing in some dialogs. How to recreate: change set, New --> Reusable Config. Change something (e.g. new port reservation), save, validate against baseManage Change Set...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Enhance zERT to Detect Non AT-TLS connections.

The product only identifies traffic if it uses ATTLS for encryption. Not all products or app servers connecting to us use ATTLS. For example, MFT is AES256 and yet they show up as unsecured. Same with CICS gateway and others.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Update OSPF,LIST,ALL display to include ABR status

Update the D TCPIP,,OSPF,LIST,ALL command to add a status YES/NO of whether the given OMPROUTE instance is operating as an OSPF area border router. There doesn't appear to be any existing indication of this other than knowing that there are interf...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add Warning Message to OMPROUTE When Adapter Unexpectedly Attaches to OSPF Area 0.0.0.0

An EZZxxxxx message should be issued by OMPROUTE when an OSPF interface attaches to area 0.0.0.0 by taking the default value of Attaches_to_Area under OSPF_Interface because it was not specified. Creating a warning message when this situation occu...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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