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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 23, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

Support External Security Manager Calls in place of Group Checking

Enhance the z/OS Connect Configuration to Support External Security Manager Calls in place of Group Checking.

This could be provided via a new parameter to instead check a RACF class such as EJBROLE as already done for the "safRoleMapper" statement.

Hard-Coded Group names are evident in, but not limited to, the following documented at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS4SVW_2.0.0/com.ibm.zosconnect.doc/reference/config_elements.html:

- adminGroup
- invokeGroup
- operationsGroup
- readerGroup

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 22, 2018

    Whilst this requirement is valid, based on our current plans and priorities for IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition, it is not likely that this could be implemented in the next 12 months. Correspondingly this requirement is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.

    In the meantime the interceptor framework can be used to provide alternative authorisation. An interceptor can reject a request by throwing an InterceptorException specifying the HTTP response code and message. In scenarios when the granularity of the z/OS Connect EE Roles (admin, operations, invoke and read) are not sufficient, a common solution is to use an interceptor (and it's ability to reject requests) to check whether or not the ID is authorised to perform the requested action.

    More information about how to write an interceptor can be found in our github sample here:

    https://github.com/zosconnect/zosconnect-sample-interceptor

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