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Enable DPoP support on OAuth 2.0 under z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition

We have noticed several types of frauds when using tokens via OAuth 2.0. To address this issue, RFC 9449 was published with the implementation of DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession.) "DPoP is an OAuth security extension for binding tokens to ...
2 days ago in z/OS Connect Submitted

Add Record definition for SMF 23

Add Record definition for SMF 23 and even better : tables exploiting those records.
2 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Submitted

Auditing of events caused by EQQEVPGM

Currently, actions triggered via EQQEVPGM are not logged in the audit log in a way that makes them clearly traceable. Take, for example, an SRSTAT in the following form: Application : IZWSP#TRK#TEST01 z/OS TWS Tracker Test Operation : IZT7 50 zOS ...
about 1 hour ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler Submitted

Implement support for --dependencyFile in zapp.yaml for Assembler Programs

Currently when you use VS Code with the zapp.yaml parameter "--dependencyFile ${dependencyFile}" on a Assembler build, the following error is generated and the build stops. This request is to have Assembler support when using --dependencyFile. CRR...
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

Improve handling of EBCDIC code page IBM-930 for remote preprocessor output member naming in IBM Z Open Editor

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } When using the remote preprocessor feature in IBM Z Open Editor with source files encoded in IBM-930, an issue occurs wit...
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

Develop an exit that would take the CS089 user pop up message and then automatically issue the VFORCE of their ID, so they can logon again.

Hello, Please, develop an exit that would take the CS089 user pop up message and then automatically issue the VFORCE of their ID, so they can logon again. Kind regards, Adam Fekete
7 days ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime Submitted

Monitoring and interacting with containers

Many different services can be deployed as containers using z/OS Container Extensions. That makes it necessary to have monitoring of usage, and the services within each container using docker or other CLI commands. It would be nice to have a z/OSM...
9 days ago in IBM z/OS Container Platform Submitted

Provide file system logger interceptor under openAPI3

We are planning to introduce OpenAPI3 servers into our estate. We currently have OpenAPI2 servers. Under OpenAPI2 IBM provide and support the file system logger interceptor to log API request and responses to a file. Under OpenAPI3, this functiona...
about 7 hours ago in z/OS Connect Submitted

Gateway2 bypass password requirement when TIMEOUT 0

I want to use CL/SS as a passthru menu. The 2nd Gateway bypasses the signon screen but prompts you to set a password. If I code Timeout 0, I do not want the password prompt to activate.
about 16 hours ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other Under review

Intellimagic RMF/SMF automated data processing and data population can delete all preexisting LPAR data if overlaid with one LPAR data being run a second time to fill the missing data gaps

Why is this useful? Please refer to detailed description for use case. Who would benefit? Every Intellimagic user How should it work? Please refer to detasiled description. And to expand on example below. If 9 out of 10 LPARS have successfully bee...
about 23 hours ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS Submitted