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Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Explorer
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 20, 2017

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In CICS TS, for CICS Explorer, provide form-based authentication

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CICS TS, CICS Explorer

In our organization, the CICS TS Sytems Programmers are using CICS Explorer for a variety of functions. The choices for user authentication to a CICS TS region for us so far are Basic Authentication, or Client Certificate Authentication.

However, they both present issues:
a. Basic Authentication is prohibited by security compliance (credentials in a header), and always flagged for security vulnerability.
b. Client Certificates - needed one per each user, either added to RACF to an user id, or mapped with name filtering to an user id. They add unnecessary cost and complexity to the environment. They are difficult to administer. They present challenges at certificate renewal. Mapping with name filtering is still exposed to spoofing.

IBM should provide a form-based authentication from CICS Explorer to CICS TS, with SAF (RACF) as an user repository, where an encrypted token is created and passed during a session. This should be similar to the form-based authentication for the WebSphere admin console.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Dec 14, 2018

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.5 which is GA today 14th December 2018.

  • Guest
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    |     Oct 2, 2018

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.5 which is announced today 2nd October 2018 and which has a planned availability date of 14th December 2018.
    For more information see the CICS TS V5.5 announcement letter https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS218-352/index.html&request_locale=en

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