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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories z/OSMF
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 15, 2023

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Requirement to support HTTP header-based authentication with Z/OSMF

We are trying to access z/OSMF over an Apache HTTPD proxy, unfortunately the proxy does not allow us to forward the client authentication certificate. The authentication is done on the proxy and then the proxy forwards the HTTP header-based authentication ( UID/PW ) to z/OSMF but this does not allow a direct login to z/OSMF. Hence, the user still has to enter Userid/Password on the LOGON Panel of z/OSMF. 
This requirement is for z/OSMF to support HTTP header-based authentication with Z/OSMF. 

Background is that for some use cases we want to provide access to Z/OSMF through an Apache HTTPD proxy. For this scenario the use of certificate-based authentication does not work. 

The alternative is to use HTTP header-based authentication with a trusted proxy server. The user will be authenticated by our Single Signon solution (CA SiteMinder) on the proxy. Single Signon will add the user information into the HTTP header from where it should be read by Z/OSMF. Apart from specifying the headers to read, it should also be possible to restrict the IP/Hostnames to which Z/OSMF should trust.

Idea priority Urgent

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