Support for Passphrase Security for XCOM Windows, LINUX PC, Unix
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Support for Passphrase Security for XCOM Windows, LINUX PC, Unix

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Article ID: 115905

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Products

XCOM Data Transport XCOM Data Transport - Windows XCOM Data Transport - Linux PC XCOM Data Transport - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Support for Passphrase Security is already available for XCOM Data Transport for z/OS 12.0.  Is it available for distributed platforms?

Support is being added for PASSPHRASEs by increasing the PASSWORD, LPASSWORD and FILE_ACCESS_PASSWORD length to 100 characters in length.
 
By supporting PASSPHRASEs up to 100 characters in length, user identification can be more secure due to having authentication codes that are more difficult to crack or compromise.

Environment

  • XCOM™ Data Transport® for z/OS
  • XCOM™ Data Transport® for Windows
  • XCOM™ Data Transport® for UNIX/Linux PC

Resolution

The support for PASSPHRASES have been published as:

SO05626  (Windows):  also available in XCOM for Windows 12.0 without maintenance

SO05627 (Linux) also available in XCOM for Linux PC 12.0 without maintenance

SO05628 (AIX)

SO05629 (Solaris Sparc)

SO05630 (Solaris x86)



 

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