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CKNSERVE should pick up changes to local system time dynamically

Currently CKNSERVE must be recycled to pick up a change in local system time, this is because "for reasons of code optimisation" IBM code picks up the timezone offset once at CKNSERVE startup, and not each time a message is written to CKNPRINT. We...
over 3 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 1 Future consideration

Add C2PP3ZAF panel to exclude users from all Alerts

Add option to have users excluded from any of the alerts
over 3 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Alert 1 Not under consideration

Access Monitor Option to produce single line summary reports

In many access monitor reports you get Options 1-4 for a summary report. However they are multi line reports that you can do any post processing to (i.e. Sort various ways, import into excel, use as input to other jobs). Yes, we have the ability t...
almost 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Future 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

report SMF events only for RACF profiles that have an id in the access list

straith forward reporting on events for profiles that have a specific id in the access list
over 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

zSecure - XML Creation and eMailing (CSSIDs other than IBM-1047)

When creating an XML file for emailing via our z/OS SMTP server, the CSSID translation table it uses is IBM-1141, and not the usual IBM-1047. We then get unrecognised characters in the .xml file, which doesn't display on our Windows browsers. We'd...
over 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Audit 0 Future 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

RACF RLIST command for '*' profile

The RLIST command treats the asterisk as a wildcard. If a profile is named '*' then the command will list all profiles not just that one. Please enhance the RLIST command to allow the list of one specific profile especially a profile named '*'
about 3 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 1 Not under consideration

C2RP3@@D Event log record detail information shows identical SAF key and SAF name without explanation.

C2RP3@@D Event log record detail information shows identical SAF key and SAF name without explanation. And explanation for the case the product chose to use a SAF key, even though it doesn't exist might be helpful for less experienced administrato...
over 3 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Audit 0 Future consideration