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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories Communications Server
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 13, 2015

RELATED IDEAS

NetAccess Support for RFC1700

According to RFC1700, the address block 0.0.0.0/8 to cover range
0.0.0.0 - 0.255.255.255 is used for broadcast messages to this network.

Without RFC1700 support there is no way to reserve that IP range in NetAccess to a specific profile covering it.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS Communications Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Networking
    Product - z/OS Communications Server

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 23, 2015

    APAR PI46973 (closed on 9/18/15) fixes the specific problem of NETACCESS control for 0.0.0.0/8 addresses, and therefore hopefully addresses the underlying problem that led to the submission of this requirement. However, we will not be fully supporting RFC 1700, which is an obsolete RFC. This requirement will be rejected.

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