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z/OSMF opens unnecessary Java RMI-Ports on public IP

When starting z/OSMF, it openes the configured Socket for normal work. And it also openes an secondary Port with moving port-number (every restart a different port), which gives (on usage) a message which sounds like Java RemoteMethodInvocation.Ne...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Specify product specific message id instead of BPXM023I with JZOS API MvsConsole.wto

Z Digital Integration Hub is a Java based strategic hybrid cloud integration product on z/OS for realtime information flow between z/OS core systems and hybrid cloud application. We are currently implementing the support for STOP, DISPLAY and SHUT...
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Update JAVA to honor default Keyring certificate

Update JAVA so it will honor the default Keyring certificate instead of picking the first personal certificate it finds in a Keyring. JAVA is being invoked by products like Liberty for z/OS server in a JVM and Java is using JSSE to get digital cer...
over 5 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IBM JVM needs to support default credentials cache file created by native kinit program

IBM JVM needs to support default credentials cache file created by native kinit (/usr/bin/kinit) program, like Oracle JVM does today. Our client OCC (big US financial company) requires to secure access to HDFS with Kerberos. We anticipate that mor...
over 8 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Exploit z/OS specific features to minimise impact of Java security changes to JCE RACF keystores

Why:Following implementation of OSB 8181692, the KeyProtector.java function increased the number of times that keystore data is encrypted from from 20 to 200,000 times. This had the effect of significantly increasing the cost when retrieving the k...
about 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide library javax.smartcardio

requires support for javax.smartcardio in IBM JDK 8.
over 5 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Using IBM Record Generator off Z/OS system with UTF-8 encoding support

Record Generator only supports EBCDIC encoding. I need it to support UTF-8 off z/OS platform.
about 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Option to allow ARM registration at start of the JVM using JZOS Batch Launcher

The JZOS Batch Launcher has currently no automatic restart capability when JVM crashes, such a feature that could be very helpful for critical online application or web server like Tomcat. This could be implemented by adding an option that automat...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

in Healthcenter authorization.file It should be able to have more than a readWrite value.

if there is a option for readOnly. you can have users that only is allowed to read and other that can read + ask JVM to take dumps.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IBM JDK Kerberos compatibility

"Based on the JGSS documentation, IBM does not support the "storeKey" property as a JAAS option: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYKE2_7.0.0/com.ibm.java.security.api.doc/jgss/com/ibm/security/auth/module/Krb5LoginModule.html We ar...
about 6 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration