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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS
Categories SMP/E
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 23, 2015

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PTF CHECKSUM TO VERIFY INTEGRITY

A shipped PTF should contain an MD5 checksum, or signature which SMPE can verify to insure that the PTF content has not been altered. The customer should have the option of a BYPASS if the alteration is deliberate and justified.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 27, 2023
    This request has been satisfied in spirit with GIMZIP package signing support delivered in APAR IO28360 for SMP/E 3.7 in December 2022.
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 24, 2016

    Signatures would be nice. SMP/E should check those during an APPLY (and APPLY CHECK of course) and use a list of CAs (could be in e.g. in RACF) to accept SYSMODs by trusted parties only. I think our auditors would be happy to see this too.

    In addition a BYPASS(CERTERR) or BYPASS(NOCERT) would be handy to force in PTFs that have missing or defective signatures.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 24, 2015

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #78774 in product z/OS.

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