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Add ability to customize disconnect page to the user home screen.

Add ability to customize disconnect page to the user home screen.  Have the ability to include links
6 days ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Under review

Enable HACP EE (HEX and PCOMM) to prevent or mitigate unauthorized screen capture of sensitive terminal session content, and provide security administrators with clear documentation of which security controls remain enforceable when end users access host applications from unmanaged devices.

Organizations using IBM HACP EE, DEX, and PCOMM frequently expose terminal sessions that display highly sensitive host data, such as customer records, financial transactions, and regulated personally identifiable information (PII). In scenarios wh...
5 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Not under consideration

Thai Compose Mode incorrect with HACP v16 in HEX mode (HACP EE)

We can use HACP HEX mode instead of HOD Cached Client with Thai language.
8 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Planned for future release

Prevent Accidental Deletes

Currently, it is very easy to delete a group or user. The admin can simply click on Confirm and the delete operation is performed (see below). To prevent accidental deletes, when a user or group is being deleted, force the admin to enter/paste the...
7 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Planned for future release

SSO capability for admins.

Currently the admins have separate HOD specific userids. Add ability to assign admin privileges to SSO users so they can administer HOD using their SSO account.
7 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Planned for future release

Out of box synchronization

The product should provide out of box user/group synchronization without the need to restart the HOD service. If out of box synchronization is not to be implemented, then make it so that the HOD service does not have to be restarted after a synchr...
7 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Planned for future release

Increase the amount of visible text for Groups, Users and Sessions.

Text is truncated (see below) in many places (groups, users, sessions names) and it is difficult to differentiate and/or find groups, users, and sessions (see below). The product should display as much information that can fit into the column/area...
7 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Planned for future release

Add MacOS support for locally installed client

We need MacOS support for the HoD locally installed client as part of our mainframe community work with MacOS.
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Functionality already exists

Modify the iOS (iPad) virtual keyboard for HACP Extended Edition so that it does not cover the 3270 emulator session.

HACP Extended Edition is being evaluated a replacement solution to legacy handheld scanners used to connect to mainframe 3270 emulation sessions. In the current state, the iPad virtual keyboard covers portions of the ISPF 3270 session, making it d...
about 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Future consideration

HOD HTML Override Functionality with Web Start

With browsers ending support for NPAPI plugins (with the exception of Internet Explorer, whose last version will be 11 and will seemingly be retired with the end of the Windows 10 support lifecycle), the direction is to move to using Web Start cli...
over 10 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End Not under consideration

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