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Allow ManagedHOD to work with Apple Dark Mode

More and more users are using Dark mode on their Apple devices as the default theme. We cannot require users to ONLY use light mode in order for them to properly use ManagedHOD. This application should be able to work properly in both light and da...
5 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 0 Delivered

HoD this requires a change from SSLite to JSSE.

We are requested to secure the emulation sessions with TLS1.2.In HoD this requires a change from SSLite to JSSE! We saw a decrease in performance (response times) from SSLite to JSSE between two and three times of the response times per displayed ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Delivered

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 ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Delivered

Host On Demand License manager logs rotate.

The License manager for Host On Demand, running on WAS Liberty generates a log file for the license usage. It's required to have functions for logrotate making the file be generated daily so that afterwards the daily files can be archived. <use...
about 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Delivered

HOD 14.0.2 Secure FTP with JSSE enabled - Issue with performance

When using HOD 14.02 secure FTP with JSSE enabled there is a noticeable performance issue. Performance means that the rate at which files gets transferred is very slow compared to other FTP tools. HOD tends to process the transfer of files singula...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered

Update HOD supported ciphers to match industry standards

The Terminal Emulator does not support the current industry standard ciphers. We are requesting that the following ciphers be added to the list of supported ciphers for the Terminal Emulator: #Use only fips certified ciphersCiphers aes128-ctr,aes1...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Delivered

Implement HACP EE Support for Secure FTP (like HOD)

Please implement Secure FTP in HACP EE similar to HOD Secure FTP functionality.
about 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 4 Delivered

HACP EE support for Thai codepage.

Due to JAVA applet and webstart will deprecate in JDK9. Customer want to change from HOD to HACP EE. But current HACP EE not support Thai codepage. Please consider to add support for Thai code page (838).
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 4 Delivered

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" ...
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered

HEX - 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...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered