IBM might have something for you at least in terms of important security-related 2FA use cases. Take a look at the announcement for IBM Multi-Factor Authentication for z/OS, and in particular the Statement of Direction re: iOS devices. "Ask your friendly IBM representative" if you're interested, and if you're also interested in additional 2FA options.
That said, if you need generalized SMPP support on z/OS one place you can get it is from the open source community, e.g. jSMPP, Cloudhopper SMPP. Actually, there is a "SMPPS": TLS/SSL-encrypted SMPP. It's not universally used, but it's part of the SMPP specification. Or you could use an IPSec connection. Security is about more than encrypting the connection, of course, but there are realistic, standards-compliant options to encrypt SMPP connections. I agree with the previous comment that classic SMPP isn't always the protocol that service providers prefer. For example, Twilio provides a REST API over HTTPS to access its SMS and MMS services. Details are available here: https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest The z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit, provided at no additional charge with z/OS 2.2 (and available at no additional charge for z/OS 2.1 through the service stream), would be one excellent way to tap into Twilio and other REST APIs. Twilio is also on IBM Bluemix. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
