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    Update 3270 interrupt handling (CCP4) to close security loopholes

    When using a 3270 subchannel that had previously been used with another application, and that session had not been logged-off (LOGO), the new session will still be logged-on to that application. When CCP4 (in CLOA) detects an unsolicited device en...
    almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

    Provide user exit in 3270 COMM SOURCE to handle LOGI security

    Provide a user exit in the 3270 comm source package that will enter a customer-written program to display a sign-on screen for a user to enter credentials. The user exit will be responsible to display a secure 3270 welcome screen and to perform au...
    almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

    Need better diagnostics when running out of IPMT's

    We seem to be seeing more and more SNAP 7805 dumps where we are running out of IPMT's. We would like to see more diagnostic information when we get this which could include the top 10 users of IPMT's in the system at the time of the dump and the n...
    almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

    Enhance ZRECP DISPLAY LOST and ZRECP DISPLAY ERRON

    TPFUG_Req_Number: D13010ORIGIN DATE: April 22,2013REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT : Enhance ZRECP DISPLAY LOST and ZRECP DISPLAY ERRON to support a PGM parameter and a SKIP parameter. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION : Provide a functional entry that will display los...
    almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

    Allow for sub-second SSL_write when using Shared CTX

    Since Shared CTX SSL_write() is always blocking from an application perspective, we must rely on the socket send timeout (SO_SNDTIMEO) to get control back should an event occur such as insufficient send buffer space. SO_SNDTIMEO is only granular t...
    about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

    Capturing SOCRATE for an application

    SOCRATE is only captured if a maximum SOCRATE has been specified in the NSD for AORs. It is kept for reads() regardless of whether or not the maximum is specified in the NSD, however you will not see the information with the ZSOCK SOCRATE displays...
    about 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

    Add TPFDF function details to macro trace in a post processed dump

    TPFDF calls appear in dump macro trace as an ENTRC to a UA** assembler program, the reader must then consult the TPFDF programs for details of the actual function.Could this information be included in the macro trace on the same line as the ENTRC?...
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 5 Future consideration

    z/TPF to use DHCP server to get IP addresses

    Currently the ZOSAE command requires a specific IP address to be entered. This is fine for production systems, but I would like an option to use DHCP for test systems. We have hundreds of VPARS/Test TPF systems and some "home grown" software to ma...
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

    PDU Enhancements - Add pool type along with time and processor parameters

    We see this previously requested and declined as 44798. We would like to re-request as a result of an incident in PSS on 10/14/2021. • PDU Create Exclude process should be able support the NOSWITCH logic. This would enable the user to execute ZRPD...
    about 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    zimag path information

    It would be useful if the zimag display could should the path information for keypoints and CIMR components that are loaded onto the z/TPF complex. The reason for the request is to get to a common image base that can be loaded/ built across multip...
    over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

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