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Ehance OpenSSH security initialization code to add the application name

Please enhance all OpenSSH code to add APPL to RACINIT/REQUEST=VERIFYs. What we do currently with a ICHRIX01 is check if the jobname matches SSHD* then copy Jobname into APPL field pointed to in the RIXPL. Or in other words the security initializa...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

Remove HMC network restriction that 2nd NIC must be in a separate network

The current HMC network setup requires that the 2nd NIC on an HMC be in a separate network. The restriction should be removed, so the 2nd NIC can be in the same network as the 1st NIC. The 2nd NIC should be cabled to a different physical switch th...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Not under consideration

ADD HEALTH CHECKER FOR IOS RECOVERY

There are IECIOSxx settings that would be helpful for reducing the recovery time of Channel Path errors.However, unless you are aware of them, they do no good. there are 100's of parameter settings and as IBM discovers best practices, adding IBM H...
10 months ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Ability to utilize an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role to transfer data to an S3 bucket

Our company has an Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy that requires us to use roles instead of IDs to access AWS. After meeting with Andrew Wilt from IBM, it was suggested we open this new Idea as this is not currently supported under DFS...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

RMM should keep RMM database in sync with VTS and TCCB

We have had several instances over the years where the issuance of an RMM command has resulted in the RMM database being out of sync with the TCDB and VTS volume repository. In general we would like RMM to keep its' repository in sync with the TCD...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Future consideration

ACEROJOB in IDGACERO not filled for HSM recall, IDGACSSC exit

We are using IGDACSSC SMS exit for retrieving information about the recalls done by HSM. During the recalled data set allocation our IGDACSSC module gets control and we read the IGDACERO control block. The ACEROJOB variable is blank for recall (we...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

DFSMS RMM RM VRSEL

With RM EXPDT, only the first volume in the SET needs to be changed and all volumes in the SET are updated and RETAINBY SET is maintained. . However, with RM VRSEL, if you were to update the volume via RMM ispf dialog(panels), another panel will b...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Future consideration

Enable RACF-DELEGATED (Nested ACEE) Support for SERVAUTH EZB.PORTACCESS SAF calls

Need SERVAUTH PORT access checks to support RACF-DELEGATED feature so that access to TCP port 20 (FTP's active data port) can be limited to only the FTP daemon's user ID using the SAF keyword on the PORT statement in the TCPIP profile. This suppor...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement to SETOMVS SYNTAXCHECK

The PARMLIB(BPXPRM00) member is shared between two partitions (SQA1 and SQT1) of the same sysplex. It contains the following mount command among others: MOUNT FILESYSTEM('SYSB.PHAP850.UNIX.&SYSNAME..HTTPSRVR') TYPE(HFS) MODE(RDWR) MOUNTPOINT('...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

gsk_decode_certificate_extension to support "comment" certificate extension

It would be nice if function, gsk_decode_certificate_extension (see: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=reference-gsk-decode-certificate-extension ) supported the "comment" extension (OID: 2.16.840.1.113730.1.13), if for no other reason t...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SSL 0 Future consideration

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