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    Provide expiration time for CTC token in response

    Most industry standard token providers will include an expiration time/duration in the response. This helps applications to automatically refresh the token prior to expiration reducing failed auth attempts. Applications usually cache authenticatio...
    18 days ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Submitted

    Add global option support for STA, STO and PST TRAN commands.

    Enabling PLEXPARM for IMS transactions allows setting a global status for IMS AREAS, DBS and TRANS. However for transactions the only way to set this is via the update transaction command. IMS RACF OPERCMDS settings cannot be configured for to all...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

    MFA for z/VM in-band authentication

    The MFA solution for z/VM would be more effectively integrated into customer environments if it offered in-band authentication similar to its counterpart on z/OS. On z/OS, the MFA code operates as a started task (STC), interfacing directly with RA...
    4 months ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 1 Under review

    Allowing generic RADIUS authenticator select a source IP address.

    Why is this useful? Allowing the selection of a source IP address in the generic RADIUS authenticator is critical for environments where: SYSPLEX-wide distributed IP addresses are used, which do not support UDP traffic. Multiple IP stacks exist, a...
    7 months ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keyword, which can result in massive output messages for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This can impact the operations of system operators. It also affects overall workload throughput due t...
    about 2 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Not under consideration

    Kerberos Authentication for Mainframe through TN3270 Emulator

    Hi Team, We want to implement Kerberos authentication on Mainframe through TN3270 emulator by authenticating the Mainframe user through AD credentials. As of now we came to know from the case - TS019815595 that TN3270 emulator doesn't support Kerb...
    8 months ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 2 Not under consideration

    Bypass combined DBRC UNAUTH request for multiple AREAs

    /DBR DB and /DBR AREA commands can issue the DBRC UNAUTH request for a list of AREAs, the maximum number of AREAs in one list being 160. When the UNAUTH request is isseued for a list of AREAs, the RECON can be reserved for a long period of time. T...
    about 2 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 0 Under review

    MFA native Support of Thales eToken PASS without RADIUS

    We've successfully tested factor AZFYUBI1 with zMFA. Our preferred factor for production would be AZFTOTP1, this is working fine. But we're currently in process of setting up some support processes (e.g. what will hapen, if somebody lost his phone...
    almost 2 years ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 2 Not under consideration

    WARNING message, if the zMFA Administrator activate multiple strong factors that would block authentication of users

    Currently, it is possible to activate multiple strong zMFA factors for the users (e.g. AZFTOTP1 and AZFCERT1). If more than one of such factors are enabled, the users can't login with In-Band authentication. zMFA should be enhanced to give the adm...
    almost 2 years ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Under review

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