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Workspace z/OS Connect
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Created on Jun 7, 2018

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This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit ZCEE-I-245 Authentication and identity propagation for API Requesters.

Support encoding/encryption of BAQPASSWORD for IMS & z/OS application outbound Merged

In z/OS Connect EE API requester, if requireSecure="true" and requireAuth="true" and are not overridden, then the "users" need to authenticate.
There are multiple authentication mechanisms that can be used, but the most common would probably be BasicAuth and client certificate.

For IMS and z/OS application, if BasicAuth is used, a BAQPASSWORD needs to be defined in clear text. Providing a clear text password is not really a good practice. If the password could be encoded in base64 or encrypted in AES (in a similar way than with the Liberty securityUtility), that would avoid setting a password in clear.

Idea priority Medium
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    |     Feb 21, 2019

    IBM is proposing to address the issues behind this requirement by enabling the transparent assertion of the SAF identity from a CICS, IMS or other z/OS applications using the API requester capability, rather than taking an explicit credential (encrypted or otherwise) from environment variables, or CICS user exit. The strategic solution will be tracked by RFE 125402.

    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewChangeRequest&CR_ID=125402

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