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Z Multi-Factor Authentication

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Enhance email notification to also send emails via CSSMTP

We were instructed to encrypt all email leaving the mainframe. MFA could encrypt its email connection. However, CSSMTP already supports encryption. CSSMTP has advantages like a central email connection point and retry if the email server (MTA) is ...
about 1 year ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 2 Future consideration

Dark Mode for z/VM MFA web GUI

Please add an option of selecting Dark Mode theme in z/VM MFA web GUI.
over 1 year ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Future consideration

IBM MFA - Add PUSH functionality to IBM Z MFA

We really appreciate that you made OTP-validation on the mainframe possible via IBM TouchToken-factor using mobile-APP : IBM Security Verify.Our users do miss the possibility of PUSH-OTP.This feature that IBM Z MFA is able to perform PUSH, is the ...
about 4 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 1 Not under consideration

Modify MFA to work with RRSF

Refer to case TS002528641
over 5 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 1 Not under consideration

Signal to enduser that MFA window expired

We are using AZFCERT1 and AZFPTKT1 as MFA factors, allowing passticket for applications after a successful MFA on Supersession within a certain timeframe (window).When this window expires, enduser is not aware of the reason and hits enter again an...
about 2 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Future consideration

New RACF messages indicating Next Token mode

Background - We are migrating from CA Top Secret to IBM RACF, here at our site. We are also migrating from CA AAM to IBM MFA. Under CA Top Secret, we enter "RSA Next Token Mode" after failing 3 attempts to logon. The CA Top Secret throws messages ...
about 5 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 7 Not under consideration

Allow product configuration to be queried

This is for the z/VM flavor, but that is not a choice here. We need to be able to query the product's configuration via command line, api, or anything programatically.
over 4 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Future consideration

Allow the processing order of strong factors to be configurable

Strong MFA factor processing order should be allowed to be prioritized by the customer. We don't want to use TOTP all the time.
over 4 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Not under consideration

Allow Passticket Authentication for MFA Enabled ID through Session Manager

A user has multiple userids assigned, to allow them to have multiple TSO sessions active on a single system using a session manager. Without MFA the primary userid is used to logon to the session manager and multiple userids can be logged on to TS...
almost 3 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 1 Functionality already exists

Inbound Authentication Should not require Additional Extraneous Characters for Processing

MFA processing should go through the factors allowed to the user to determine based upon input what is appropriate.
over 4 years ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 1 Not under consideration