Support for Passphrase Only Signon in Top Secret

Products

• Top Secret

Issue/Introduction

Can the user force sign on with only a password phrase? 

Environment

z/OS

Resolution

CA Top Secret 16.0 PTF RO98297 introduced an enhancement that support forcing users to sign on with only a password phrase.

To provide this support at the user level, by facility, or globally, the product now includes a user ACID attribute (PHRASEONLY), FACILITY suboption (PHRASEONLY), and a global control option (PHRASEONLY).

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/security/ca-top-secret-for-z-os/16-0/administrating/specifying-control-options-to-modify-your-security-environment/phraseonly-allow-only-password-phrase-signons.html

 

 

 

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