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RequestSupport multiple SSL certificates based on the URL name.

Under current INETD SSL server model, all customer URLs have to be included in a single certificate if default HTTPS port number is used. Obtaining and maintaining multiple customer domains in a single certificate is very difficult task for severa...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Request options to suppress SSL HANDSHAKE ERRORs on the TPF console.

SSL HANDSHAKE ERRORs on the console can occur as frequently as 2 messages per minute. When a client accesses the HTTPS server using an uncertified URL or an IP address those error messages are generated on the console. For SSL servers with many cl...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

ECBRM to limit z/TPF File System INODE usages

We have a limited number of #INODE blocks in the system. A run-away ECB may try to create thousands of files, in a relatively short time period, on File System directories up to the point where INODE shortage can cripple all others interacting wit...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 7 Not under consideration

Move WGTA tables above the 2g Bar

Request is to move the WGTA tables above the 2g bar in order to free up valuable space below the BAR Current allocation is 1.4 million entries today .
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Not under consideration

CDC UNABLE TO ALLOCATE STORAGE

There are several problems with this message. 1.) The documentation says that the user needs to take no action (when action is really needed).2.) When we're trying to set a global that has already been set, the user may or may not know that it has...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

NEED TCP/IP SSU Counts made available

It is currently understood that high speed and low speed messages are going away. However, the TCP/IP messages are of extreme value for us and our ability to assist in the troubleshooting for when problems occur. When a problem currently happens, ...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

BYPASS for ZFCTB LOAD

There are times we may want to bypass the FCTB validation when using Norm State FCTB Load. It would be beneficial if we could load a FCTB in Norm when wanting to delete a pool type, for example.
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Display of all items in the CRPA area

Add a display of all items in the CRPA areas.
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Create a NVP for the Network Services Database Name for the port that a message comes in on

We would like IBM to create a name for the NVP, something like INSD_Name and automatically assign the value of the application name defined in the Network Services Database to the ECB based on the port the message came in on.If the port does not e...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Make the TSTB size configurable

We would like to have the option to set the number of tape status table (TSTB) slots to a different value at SIP time. Failing that, we would like to see a larger hardcoded TSTB size. The number of TSTB slots is defined in SIP macro sptabs.mac:&am...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

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