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IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js

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Support npm module kerberos in z/OS for Single Signon

kerberos is the common protocol for SSO. There is npm module 'kerberos' to support the mechanism. npm module kerberos could not be installed in z/OS.
about 4 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Delivered

vsam.js find() to place the cursor at the the first record that has a greater key satisfies the search

The FIND method in vsam.js can be used to position the initial cursor, but it has to be an exact match. Otherwise, null will be returned and the cursor is not positioned which has a greater key satisfies the search. It is suggested to enhance the ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Delivered

Support hexadecimal data access of VSAM file in MVS

Node.js server in USS is required to access to legacy VSAM files in MVS. USS is in ASCII while MVS in EBCDIC. Codepage conversion may affect the hexadecimal data access. The VSAM files contain hexadecimal data (non-displayable) in key or content. ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 0 Delivered

Support RACF Keyring access for key and certificate extraction for https connection

Key and certificate are required for https connection in node.js server. Key and certificate are required to be extracted from RACF Keyring.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Delivered

Kerberos enablement to support Active Directory SSO

To adopt SSO via Kerberos in Node.js running in z/OS. This can provide better user experience to avoid unnecessary action.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Delivered

Be able to authenticate against RACF

We want to be able to use node.js to authenticate to RACF based on userID & password credentials.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Delivered

Include text file containing version number

Node.js applications can be run in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS. To do this users indicate the location of their Node installation and CICS starts a Node runtime environment. CICS supports multiple versions of Node (8 and 12 at the time of wri...
over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Delivered

Extract private key and certificate from key database file in USS

Key and certificate are required for https connection in Node.js server. Key and certificate are required to be extracted from key database file in USS.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Delivered