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Heart beat for crypto in non-secure data centers

This requirement is for machines that exist in non-secure data centers.This is a request for a way to shut down the crypto card under conditions when a heartbeat from the customer ceases – or maybe allow admin. functions but nothing else at that p...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 5 Not under consideration

Update the ALREADY LOGGED ON message to include the byuser

Update the ALREADY LOGGED ON message to include the byuser if the user is logged on BY another user.
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Add the system name to the telnet linemode header 'MVS TCP/IP TELNET CS V.R..'

Reason: IBM support reported following error message when doing ONTOP (remote access support) to our system: MVS TCP/IP TELNET CS V1R13Cannot load translate table .TELNET.TCPXLBIN : Error opening or reading data se t (8600) Cannot load translate t...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Always write a message when a Sysplex Distributed VIPA gets created

Currently a message is written if an Application Instance VIPA address gets created (EZD1205I...).At the moment only takeover messages are written for SDVIPAs (EZZ8302I '...TAKEN' & EZZ8303I '...GIVEN').A similar message should be written if a...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

IP host name in TTLS rule for Policy Agent

In TTLS Rule one may state IP addresses as policy critera, for example RemoteAddrGroupRef to provide a set of IP addresses. IP address of IP service might change without prior notice. Therefore it seems desirable to optionally specify an IP name i...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

XCF Couple Data set cleanup

IBM should work on creating a way to remove old/unused non-sysplex Couple Data sets from the XCF couple data set.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Not under consideration

FTP should support ISPF compression / unpack by default

In ISPF there is a possibility to set the 'PACK' option to on. If this option is set, ISPF member(s) are automatically compressed. In ISPF BROWSE or EDIT, the member(s) are showen automatically in uncompressed mode. FTP should always 'UNPACK' such...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow z/OS FTP client to choose, fix, or limit ephemeral port usage of data connection

I already knew the answer to the question ('No') but my networkign folks were pressing me for definitive documentation, so I opened an SR 92729 499 000 to ask if 1) testcase.boulder.ibm.com was limiting ports to any specific range (answer is incon...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

HCD design change - control unit type 2107

Requesting design change to HCD - identify an invalid/unsupported 2107 control unit definition. CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=E006,PATH=((CSS(0),89,C2,6A,15)), * UNITADD=((00,256)),LINK=((CSS(0),41,41,C1,C1)),CUADD=4F,* UNIT=2107 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(E0F0,016),UN...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / HCD 4 Not under consideration

Encryption of Data In Flight (EDiF) on z/HyperLink

From: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/JP-ENUSJG19-0039-CA/name/ENUSJG19-0039.PDF Fibre Channel Endpoint Security: In the future IBM intends to provide FibreChannel Endpoint Security to extend pervasive encryption on IBM Z, providingadditional da...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Not under consideration

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