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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


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EF OpenPGP for z/OS does not support Private/Experimental algorithms

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0629125019User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0629125019Title: EF OpenPGP for z/OS does not support Private/Experimental algorithmsSubmitted By: David Hilliard/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: IBM Systems Lab...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Issue warning message when -homedir points to an invalid directory or file.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0318146227User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0318146227Title: Issue warning message when -homedir points to an invalid directory or file.Submitted By: David Hilliard/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: Encrypti...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

CSD0050I Command processing ended abnormally: Given final block not properly padded Message needs to be changed to indicate that this is issued due to a password problem.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1008082538User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1008082538Title: CSD0050I Command processing ended abnormally: Given final block not properly padded Message needs to be changed to indicate that this is issued du...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

4096-bit RSA key support for Encryption Facility for z/OS CSDFILEN (Encrypt) and CSDFILDE (Decrypt) batch programs

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0321114937User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0321114937Title: 4096-bit RSA key support for Encryption Facility for z/OS CSDFILEN (Encrypt) and CSDFILDE (Decrypt) batch programsSubmitted By: Ingo Franzki/Germa...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Provide a RunTime option to avoid creati

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0210146243User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0210146243Title: Provide a RunTime option to avoid creation of new additional Language Environment OptionsSubmitted By: Wilfried van Hecke/Germany/IBMOriginators A...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 4 Not under consideration

Encryption Facility to be invoked through SMS contructs

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0416077013User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0416077013Title: Encryption Facility to be invoked through SMS contructsSubmitted By: Stanley Jon/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: z/OS Q&AFPOC: John Petreshock/Po...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

LE Callable Service to dump selected sto

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0608105137User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSLANG10002Title: LE Callable Service to dump selected storageSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : AADI UGPROJ : LA...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Allow changes to LE STORAGE parms via CL

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0424085052User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSLNGC08005Title: Allow changes to LE STORAGE parms via CLERSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : APLS UGPROJ : LNGC...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

FTP server configuration display

Provide an ftp server command to display the current configuration. Same as "d tcpip,,n,config" only for the ftp server.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Change Health Checker facility in z/OSMF

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0313145836User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0313145836Title: Change Health Checker facility in z/OSMF Configuration Assistant to do a before and after comparisonSubmitted By: Richard D Davis/UK/IBMOriginator...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration