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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware
Categories HMC/Support Element (SE)
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 13, 2017

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EAP-TLS for TKE (HMC)

At Volkswagen a Network Access Control is used to prevent access of unknown devices to the Volkswagen LAN (Local Area Network).
This has nothing to do with the function of the TKE (filling the crypto adapters with the masterkeys,…)
But the TKE needs also an access to our LAN to fulfill its needs. I have an temporary exception to run our TKEs within our LAN.
But our network department demands the use of X509 certificates and the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) to access the Volkswagen LAN for all new devices.
The standard which is used here is IEEE 802.1X.
Perhaps the TKE is already able to use EAP. But then I need a way to get a Volkswagen certificate to the TKE normally as a PKCS #12 file (.p12) and put it into the TKE operating system.
I've contacted Gary Sullivan and Mike Clark, and they asked me to open an RFE against the HMC.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 20, 2021

    This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 4, 2018

    IBM understands the desire and corporate need to have EAP-TLS authentication for network access. Currently, IBM is unaware of any current or pending standard which would make this a more prevalent requirement. However, the enhanced security offered by this mechanism is always welcome, and this item has been placed on a list of possible enhancements for the future.

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