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Use of crypto in DR machines in non-secure data centers

Customer has DR machines at a service provider that are not in use, but are loaded with master keys so they are immediately available. Wants to know how to prevent the service provider from using the cards in those machines, with their keys. Can n...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 5 Not under consideration

EKMF role-based access control

EKMF currently has role-based access control, but it does not extend to the web-based DKMS browser. We would like it to be used there as well.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Not under consideration

Dynamic CVV

Similar to current CVV support but with another parameter to form the input data (service code).Workaround exists today where AP combines input parms to send to CVV function.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Not under consideration

UDX should be encrypted

The Seg3 file with UDX should be encrypted.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Not under consideration

Key provisioning with AIX encrypting file-system

Integration with IBM or other PKI for key provisioning (not for main-path encryption, only key provisioning).
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Not under consideration

Dual Control use of keys with RACF

Admin actions that authorize the use of keys should require dual controlSupport configuration that requires 2 security administrators to authorize the use of a key.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 3 Not under consideration

Weak PIN checking at execution time

CCA - For weak PIN checking, a keyword that allows choosing whether to do the check on verbs at execution time. They have multiple applications running in the same LPAR, where some would want the checking while others would not.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Not under consideration

Modification of Export bit for Private Key

It is requested to support the modification of the export bit for Private key when we support Exporting Private Keys. Might want to flip the bit for a Key at some point in time.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Not under consideration

Incident log

The proxy userid and password is visible in the submitted PDUU batch job on spool.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

CP Query MDISK LOC fails after changes with users linking to it.

QUERY MDISK LOC *should* get the location information from the DRCT in storage or in disk, not from the first VDEV encountered.If someone moves a mdisk (i.e. 190) from its location, since there are other userids linking to the previous location, Q...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration