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Additional key test algorithms

Currently support ENC-ZERO, MDC4, SHA1 and SHA2
about 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Delivered

Support Triple-length TDES KEKs

Support Triple-length TDES KEKs (required for exchange with a partner – other HSMs generally support this)
about 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Delivered

DFSMSrmm: Display ALL CDS fields in dial

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR050200540User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS00010Title: DFSMSrmm: Display ALL CDS fields in dialog and TSO RMM LIST cmdsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 3 Delivered

Need a method to reset vswitch statistics

Need a command that will reset vswitch statistics
over 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

VM VARY ON/OFF Support for Crypto Coproc

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0723094947User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0723094947Title: VM VARY ON/OFF Support for Crypto CoprocessorsSubmitted By: Greg Boyd/Gaithersburg/IBMOriginators Area: ATSFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Subm...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

need addcreator option added to setropts

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR091813340User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR091813340Title: need addcreator option added to setropts on z/VM RACFSubmitted By: Paul Evans/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: z/series Q&AFPOC: Daniel Griffith/End...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

zOSMF ABOUT panel does not provide APAR or PTF number for CA plug-in

The zOSMF main ABOUT panel only provides a build date/time for the CA Plug-in. This make it difficult to know what APAR or PTF level is actually running for the Configuration assistant
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Enhancements for Dynamic Right Sizing for z/OS Communication Server

DRS should have two (2) enhancements for z/OS environments that purposely run constrained at or near 100% capacity.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

CSSMTP Private Region Management and Exhaustion Detection

When CSSMTP processes a spool file containing a large number of mails and the processing of the spool file is faster than the parallel transmission of the mails to the MTA it can happen that the whole private region of CSSMTP is filled. At that po...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

Improve IKED's ability to process large numbers of concurrent SA negotiations

The z/OS IKE daemon currently handles thousands of security associations (SAs) but in scenarios where thousands of the IKE peers decide to negotiate their SAs with z/OS at the same time, delays can be seen. We would like the z/OS IKE daemon scale ...
almost 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered