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Add Support for TSS Protected IDs in BATCH

CDZ supports RACF and ACF2 when it comes to PROTECTED IDs, but does not support TSS. Please extend this support to TSS, as TSS implemented PROTECTED in a similar manner to RACF.
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Add Transfer Method in use (Text or Binary) for CDW and CDU

During our transfers from remote partners, we are frequently called to assist others with translation and file transport issues. Many of our remote users are unaware of the CD processes in use and how they function. We need to have the ability to ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

New DGADNTLD PARM=SYNTAX

Requesting DGADNTLD parameter called SYNTAX. This should be similar to the $$SYNTAX option for updating Netmaps. We would like to be able to syntax check our new netmap source code before actually trying to load it into the NETMAP VSAM file. This ...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

The credit card industry has always has PCI as an auditing group or tool to ensure the safety and accountability when files containing card holder data is ported from end to end sites.The idea is to introduce comprehensive PCI reporting of actions taken within the connect direct application to update, modify, delete and add new items by an administrator.

The credit card industry PCI audits are becoming more intrusive. These audit groups employed by credit card processing companies are doing deep dives into products that handle credit card data and or sensitive information. In the past, the file tr...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 3

Please include both userIDs in the SMF 132 record for SU - Select User events for the CDz authorization file.

The CDz SMF 132 record records a wealth of data. Batch JCL for CDz execution allows the command "SEL USER WHERE (USERID=(*)) EXCLUDE = (AUTH)" to list users in the CDz authorization file. You (IBM CDz development support) display both userIDs in t...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Show IPs from external connection

When the product ConnectDirect recive conection from other servers like GSLB or conections from other servers and it gets for example FMH68 or other, Its interesting konws from which servers its comming this connection, because its imposible deter...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Request for improvement of the CONNECT DIRECT manual contents so that incompatibility information items are clearly indicated

Our client plans to upgrade Connect:Direcr for z/OS from V6.1 to V6.4 in 2025 and we need to provide them with information about incompatibilities from V6.4 to V6.1. We checked the manual of IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS 6.4 Documentaion, but there ...
10 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Functionality already exists

Security Exit must be usable by different SFTs and the STCname should be part of the RACF profile namess

In our environment we run several Connect:Direct stc's in one environment. The provided Security Exits do not offer a possibility to setup separate profiles for these stc's.We would like this to be changed. Second what we ask for is to add the STC...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Keep Netmap CREATED, UPDATED, USED AS xNODE fields

There are inconsistencies with the logic of the NETMAP entry fields, CREATED, UPDATED, and USED AS xNODEs, as they can lose true history of the netmap entries. CREATED Date/Time stamp is lost on the netmap unload and load process and if $$REPLACE ...
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Add TEXT/BINARY mode marker to Connect Direct log file

Current version of Connect Direct does not log the information if transmission was made in TEXT or BINARY mode. This enhancement is to add clear information about used mode (TEXT/BINARY) to the log in CTRC record
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 3 Planned for future release

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