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Strategic Infrastructure Convergence Grid (SICG)

Strategic Infrastructure Convergence Grid (SICG) IBM / DARPA Advanced Research Submission 100-Claim Integrated Systems Framework Founder Visionary: Tyrone Bostick Research Classification: Conceptual Strategic Infrastructure Research Framework Focu...
9 days ago in z/OS / Core Infrastructure Needs more information

Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

Add sudo command into the base install USS security

Integrating sudo like Linux has would improve security by being able to use superuser privileges on a case-by-case basis rather than having all of your commands be superuser authorized. We'd also be able to set restrictions and timeouts in the sud...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Ported Tools Planned for future release

Store number of volumes in status MASTER and USER in the DFSMSrmm control record

Today only the number of rack numbers, number of empty rack numbers, number of bin numbers and number of empty bin numbers are stored in the DFSMSrmm control record. From my point of view, the total number of volumes, the number of volumes in MAST...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Under review

Allow VSAM Data Sets To Consider Previously Used Volumes Prior To Extend Failures

Allow new extents for VSAM data sets to consider previously used volumes before failing the extend with out of volume error.The feature will be very useful to Db2 tablespace and index extend processing which will provide additional Db2 object avai...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Planned for future release

RRSF - segment-level control for command propagation

Background / Current behavior We use RRSF automatic command direction to synchronize RACF profiles across multiple systems. This works well operationally. However, IBM Documentation describes AUTODIRECT control in the RRSFDATA class strictly at th...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

Streamline the zOSMF Incident Log File Transfer process.

Hello, I've been using the zOSMF v31 Incident Log feature to transfer files to the IBM Support server.Each time I use the Send Diagnostic Data wizard I have to supply config info such as UserID, Keyring and SSL settings. You'll see in the attached...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Needs more information

JES2 policy security

We recommend the addition of enhanced security controls around JES2 policies. For example: - a profile that controls who can modify policylib e.g. JES2.POLICYLIB.policylib under the FACILITY class. Read access allows you to modify a policylib. Upd...
11 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

control length of passphrase

Hello, Regarding PCIDSS, the minimum length of a passphrase must be 12 charactersTo control the minimum length of the passphrase, we have to code an exit ICHPWX11 We'd like a RACF parameter to check that as this is done for the control of the leng...
11 days ago in z/OS / RACF Needs more information

C compiler to always include register equates for usage in __asm()

A bug in IFAQUERY where the macro relies on the presence of a register equate for R0 made me realize that the compiler could always add register equates when it reworks the C code to assembler, for example by including DSECT YREGS. This would make...
11 days ago in z/OS / LE Submitted

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