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Support for 4096-bit Diffie-Hellman Key Size

The maximum size for a Diffie-Hellman key exchange supported is currently 2048 bits. There are many applications using bigger key sizes and z/OS would not be able to communicate with them. This enhancement would allow 4096-bit and higher key sizes...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

Implement an autostart feature for workflows so that instantiating a workflow with an auto-enabled step automatically starts the workflow too

Currently, The POST /zosmf/workflow/rest/{version}/workflows endpoint will only create a workflow instance. A separate call to the PUT /zosmf/workflow/rest/{version}/workflows/{workflowKey}/operations/start endpoint needs to be made in order to st...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow backup/restore of "TOKEN' within TKDS

Need capability to backup/restore objects within an individual TOKEN.... Need to restore objects with original handles. IE sequence numbers have to be same so applications do not have to change code. Restoring TKDS is not an option as each TOKEN i...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

z/OS FTP PROXY OPEN support over TLS

We've recently started to enforce TLS encryption for z/OS FTP connections. Some of our jobs use the FTP "proxy" command to request that a dataset be transferred from one z/OS FTP server to another z/OS FTP server. However, when this is done after ...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Slayte AHA Test Aug 26

Submitted By: SHARE-z/OS Systems Programming Submitted Date: 08/26/2024 Submitter Name: Slayte Admin USER Submitter Email: admin@slayte.com Description: Test
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Future consideration

Consistent gdkdel response across cloud providers when object not found

AWS returns HTTP 204 (No content) for an object delete when the object is not found. The 204 HTTP response is a successful HTTP response (200 series) and due to that, gdkdel returns its successful return code 0. The gdkdel API documents the follow...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Future consideration

Looking for a DFSMS/HSM exit point of RACF Control

We would like an SMS/HSM exit or RACF control that would prevent an inadvertent activation of an ACS routine that, for example, would delete all files 1 or more days old because a storage manager mistakenly sets the rule for 1 day instead of 10 da...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Planned for future release

Enhance TIOT Exceeded Message IEF240I

Enhance IEF240I or create a new message that would inform the user that the TIOT limitations are exceeded. Currently there is a maximum fixed size for the TIOT defined in the ALLOCxx member of parmlib of 64K. not all shops run with this size. So i...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 3 Not under consideration

Be able to enforce use of FCTOPPRCPRIMARY(PRESMIRREQ) when FASTREPLICATION(PREF) or FASTREPLICATION(REQ) is specified

In a GDPS Metro Mirror environment, use of FASTREPLICATION can lead to devices going into duplex pending state, causing the system to be unable to perform a hyperswap. When FASTREPLICATION(REQ) or FASTREPLICATION(PREF) is in place (either specifie...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

make it possible to adapt/customize the motd (Message of the day)

Customers require sometimes that the use of zCX adheres to customer policies & rules. They want to communicate this via motd.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

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