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TLS 1.3 Support for PersonalCommunications for TN3270-Access

BSI Germany (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) wants us to switch to TLS 1.3 for network security.IN PCom V15 there is TLS 1.3 mentioned, but only for HTTPS-Connections. So please add support for Personal Communications when usi...
about 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 5 Planned for future release

(TPFUG/Visa) Add file access logging to SFTP server

Currently only user login activity is captured in the log under /tpfjam/ibmutil. Enhance this logging to also include file access activity at a minimum (who's doing what, when and where) as well as FTP commands if possible. Potentially include dif...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Update ZRTDM to display the default Attributes for an undefined record ID

Update the ZRTDM functional entry to display the default parameters supplied by the z/TPF system when a program requests a pool with an undefined record ID in the RIAT Table.
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Larger packet size needed for IND$FILE and P-COMM download/upload

I request the next version/release of IBM P-COMM (and corresponding IND$FILE in MVS/TSO) to allow larger SendBufferSize values (e.g. 64000, 128000, 256000, 512000, 1024000, 2048000, 4096000, 8192000). This is needed for faster download/upload spee...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Future consideration

IBM Case TS017276945 - TPF Queue Manager MQ Channels using MVIPA do not maintain MQ Message Sequence Number when the active CPU changes resulting in error MQSC0347E "Channel Stopped Because of Message Sequence Errors". This puts TPF MQ at a distinct disadvantage

ISSUE: Travelport uses Moveable VIPA (MVIPA) in MQ to provide a floating IP to the TPF Queue Manager on any CPU (a single Redundant connection point for the Remote End). This serves as TPF's equivalent of High Availability (HA) which is available ...
9 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Make larger fonts available

With the advent of larger Personal Computer screens, it would make sense to allow larger fonts to be used. For example, I have a with a resolution of 1920x1080. If I want PCOM to use the full screen, the terminal window can take up the full screen...
over 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Add support for signal shutdown in TPF under VM

Enable the system to receive interrupts from the service processor Set a bit on in Control Reg 0 Issue a SERVC instruction defining a small area in memory for the service processor to communicate to TPF Act on the receipt of the Ext 2401 interrupt...
10 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

IBM MQ Configuration file for SSL to support multiple ciphers

We use a common default MQ SSL Configuration file for all our MQ SSL channels. The IBM limitation is that the MQ configuration file can only have one cipher defined, unlike the HTTP & MONGO SSL Configuration files that support the definition o...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Unable to run FTP script in PComm

Reflection allow users to invoke a script that contains native FTP commands. We have been unable to perform this functionality in PComm.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Transfer Recoup statistics out of TPF using RTMC

We need Recoup data sent from TPF to our offline analyitcs tool, to enable Recoup checkout.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration