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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...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Allow FTP proxy port to be configurable

Customers have interest in being able to configure the port used for FTP proxy.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Allow all vHMA IP addresses to be in the same network

Prior to the creation of VLANs, having multiple IP addresses in different networks was preferred for redundancy. With the advent of VLANs and the ability to have the same network segment presented in multiple physical network switches, there is no...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

ICSF equivalent for z/VM

Would like to see an ICSF equivalent for z/VM, including RACF equivalent functions.Expected to be for internal use to z/VM (as opposed to calls from programs running in CMS; ex: SSL).Handling digital cert. and keys similar to z/OS.
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Planned for future release

Ability to overwrite workflow variables on "Start Workflow" REST API

We are starting our workflows through Jenkins using "Start workflow" REST API. From time to time it is required to modify some workflow variable on start. But the API does not allow to do that. Variable can be specified only on Workflow creation. ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

eIDAS for ICSF and MCL for CEX*S

Remote Signatures according eIDAS (eIDAS is an EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. It is a set of standards for electronic identification and trust services for electron...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Not under consideration

Having DAA and SAA be aware of read-only clusters.

Customer's environment: 4_way HYDRA GRID.Customer has multiple composite libraries tied to the same storage group. So, SMS does balanced distribution of write tape I/O between those composite librarys into the same SMS storage group. The point her...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support 2 Future consideration

HMC userid with access to all Web Services API logs

As a development shop we have a number of users testing Web Services APIs on the HMC. Some of these APIs are known to cause lockouts of the SE (such as those in Perform Model Conversion) - both changes and queries. We need a central place to audit...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Not under consideration

&SUBSTR Pseudovariable

Changing the value of a variable in the middle of a string could be improved by allowing the use of &SUBSTR as a pseudovariable like can be done in PL/I. SET &OLDVAR = &STR(THIS RUN IS A LIVE RUN) So instead of using:&NEWVAR = &...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future 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...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Future consideration