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z/OS

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Allowing program name masking in conditional access to DATASETS

Multiple program names are allowed in the parameter WHEN(PROGRAM(...)) in the PERMIT command. However this is not practical if many programs starting with the same first characters are to be specified in the list or if a new program, also starting...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Intelligent refresh after a new user/group is added to a resource access list.

After adding an user or group to a resource access list a SETROPTS REFRESH for the class to which the resource belongs is required. This has a huge impact on performance depending on the resource class.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Update OCOPY to correct abend S213-15 (IEC143I) if DSNTYPE=LARGE and SMS BLOCKTOKENSIZE is REQUIREd

We depend OCOPY to move files from z/OS Unix space (zFS) and more importantly, Network File System space into z/OS data sets. These files can be very large and require DSNTYPE=LARGE. However, in our z/OS ISV development environment with SMS settin...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 4 Future consideration

zos telnet need to support ssl tls1.2

zos telnet cannot support ssl . We are eliminating non secure connection of port 23, 1023, and 2023. our user logon to tso then use option 6 to telnet to another mainframe via unsecure session. We need to have this function secure using like using...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Request that the z/OS Comm Server FTP client and Server support direct transfer of VSAM data

Request that the z/OS Comm Server FTP client and Server support direct transfer of VSAM data between two z/OS systems.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Lift CV restrictions on NOCV EXPORTER/IMPORTER keys

NOCV IMPORTER/EXPORTER keys are only valid for a IMPORTER/EXPORT with a default CV. This unnecessary limits the use of the keys and also prevents the security mechanism of adding the ENH-ONLY bit to the CV.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 3 Not under consideration

CS IP Config TCPIP.DATA to allow more than 6 DNS domain names to be searched

We would want to be able to define more than 6 DNS domain.names to be searched.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

z/OS UNIX - Improvements to mv Command

Regarding the z/OS UNIX mv command ... We believe the mv command should always move a file asis, i.e. it should not only move the file as regards to name, content and size, but also retain all of its attributes, including security attributes. Th...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Future consideration

Please provide the FLDSTATS "number of records" specified in input parms on the output Flood Statistics report

The Flood Statistics report is produced based on a "number of records" you specify, which is used to calculate statistics based on this record number, i.e. the minimum, maximum, average interval times for which this number of records was written. ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Add Ability to Honor Password History to ALU PASSWORD Command

Performing an ALTUSER command allows users to reset their password to one of their historic passwords. Please enhance the command with an option to honor the history or issue a warning when there is a collision with a password in the history.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

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