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Protocol enhancement

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HOD v14.0.2. FTP client does not support the SECURE SESSION REUSE feature

HOD FTP Client is the most used FTP client in our environment.As we're using FTPS with TLS 1.2 at the moment, we couldn't use SECURE_SESSION_REUSE parameter with REQUIRED value, as HOD does not support this FTP feature.I'm opening this RFE to impl...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Customize colums in HILM report outputs according to DSGVO

We've got requirement because of DSGVO we are not allowed to show Systemuser Field in generated reports.So we would need the following extensions: * Administrators can customize which fields are available for non administrative users that can view...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

We need Managed HOD support for Apple Mac M1 chip with the current Ventura operating system and future OS releases.

Ford is moving to allow employees to use Apple laptops for work and the new apple laptops have the Apple M1 chipset instead of intel. HOD is also heavily used in the Ford environment. Since HOD doesn't work for Macs, we were trying to move to use ...
11 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

HOD / iACS Macro language extensions

Working on some iACS macros for data import. Urgently missing a functionality to* convert integer to hex and vice versa* open a text file on workstation, read data and insert into fields on 5250 display* grab data from 5250 display and write to te...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 5 Planned for future release

Require ability to use TLS with LDAP server from HOD Config Server

The HOD HOMSRV task (Configuration Server) can communicate with an LDAP for configuration and user information but the current solution only allows for non-secure connections. Since this connection will have userids and password flowing it should ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

Add a "real" keepalive functionality for HOD Printer Sessions

Using HOD 14.0.5 (and also on 12.0.6) cached client, there is a problem that printer sessions seem to disconnect silently after about 5 minutes, probably because of some networking component cutting the idle connection. The "keepalive connection" ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Single Sign On with Open ID Connect in HACP EE

HACP EE is a web application which offers a zero foot print host accessFor customers who want to access HACP EE using single sign on should be able to do so using OIDC or Open Id Connect. It is a modern standard for exchanging authenticated end us...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

Support TLS for connections to configuration server (HOMSRV)

Due to DoD/DISA STIG requirements for all connections to be secured via TLS we need the ability to enable TLS for the configuration server (HOMSRV) port 8999. This would allow the credentials used to retrieve or modify the configurations to be kep...
9 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Planned for future release

HOD toolkit integration with EHLLAPI

Need to enable EHLLAPI property in TOOLKIT which will help to integrate mainframe applications with Pega software Automation tool - Robotic Desktop Automation. As per HOD development team, this feature is not present in existing product. Hence rai...
about 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

HOD deployable in a Virtualized (VM) environment

HOD deploy able in a VM environment (IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service ; ie cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

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