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Enhance the product by implementing a strict-dynamic Content Security Policy (CSP) to improve security against script injection attacks

Enhance the product by implementing a strict-dynamic Content Security Policy (CSP) to improve security against script injection attacks => This approach leverages nonces or hashes for trusted scripts while allowing dynamically added scripts to ...
6 days ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 0 Under review

Generate Galasa Code from HATS Macros

In addition to generating web services from HATS macros, we'd like the option to generate Galasa code. Both are Java-based, and since very few companies are currently using the option to generate restful service files and Galasa seems to be attrac...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Permit SAF keyrings to be used instead of jks files for host connection.

Currently HATS requires a jks files to be used if the host connection is secure. When the HATS application is deployed on z/OS in WAS the SAF keyrings should be used either as a default or a method to switch when deploying. This is required due to...
over 2 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

CSRF filters for Webfacing applications

As discussed with an IBM representative, the CSRF filters are not available for Webfacing applications as of now. Hence, token based validation (CSRF) can't be enabled for Webfacing applications. In relation to this, IBM's L3 team's recommendation...
about 3 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Future consideration

HATS Adopt OpenJDK

We are on HATS 9.6.0.1 and want to be able to use Adopt OpenJDK for the product.
over 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Not under consideration

HATS parsing of data in services response for index variables

When HATS returns data in a service response for an indexed variable, it returns the data as a single string with all of the data concatenated together. This is difficult to consume and not at all what is expected in a service (either SOAP or REST...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Not under consideration

Single SingOn for HATS WEB connections. We need it for MIDAS Core banking SSO

Problem description: We are using a WebSphere based banking application Midas Bank Fusion (from MISYS). User do connect to WAS using browser. WAS is using IBM-I for authentication and Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) to integrate with 52...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

HATS to allow extracted data to be designated a data type other than String

Give the HATS macro editor the ability to designate that a field being extracted contains numeric, integer, binary, string, etc. data. And then extend the generation of the Integration Objects and SOAP and RESTful service generation to reflect the...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

Component: Other Text- and Input Fields

Is it possible to add the function to cut text-field on defined character like in other component/option?Today it is possible so cut per Word/Character/Normal.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 6 Not under consideration

using STRPCCMD

We are using STRPCCMD (PC Command) to open a excel file in the Client.When i am in the Web-Screen and i execute a PC Command the Server is not able to process the incoming data.I get a screen with a long field filled with asterisk (*).Is it possib...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration