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Implement SIMD support PLI Builtin functions that call z/OS XML Parsing Services

z/OS XML Parsing Services is able to use SIMD support to reduce CPU consumption and running time of the parse of XML. The PLI Builtin XML parsing functions should be enhanced to also use SIMD support when it is available.
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

CICS CM group list check doesn't flag groups that are not found

Although Configuration Manager lets us know when we've added a group to a CICS group list that doesn't exist, it doesn't tell us a group doesn't exist when doing a check.
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Need a complete Rich UI sample

A complete EGL Rich UI sample is missing with:- UI developed with EGL Rich UI- business logic developed with EGL (either Java or COBOL generated) The available samples are often with only one screen https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperwo...
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 6 Delivered

IBM Codepage for Fault Analyzer ISPF recommended ;-(

As German user we use a german codepage in ISPF. So we cannot see some characters in Fault Analyzer panels i.e. { or }, they are displayed as ä and ü. It would be better to design the panels with international characters like ( or ).
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

TLS support for ECC (Eliptic Curve Cryptography)

We are implementing a HSC to an endpoint that requires TLS1.2, and it must support the cipher suite "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 with P-256". The support for Eliptic Curve, and this cipher are not currently in z/TPF.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Always allow unreferenced PLIXOPT and PLITABS variables

Result of compiling a program that uses PLIXOPT and a pre-initialized PLITABS structure with the NOUNREFSTATIC option leads to 5655-PL5 IBM(R) Enterprise PL/I for z/OS Compiler Messages Message Statement Line.File Message Description IBM2418I E 3 ...
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Add SNI support to TLS

We're trying to use High Speed Connector to establish a secure TLS connection to a remote endpoint. The remote system requires TLS SNI (Server Name Indication), which is currently not supported by the HSC implementation of TLS 1.2
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Shared temporary storage statistics in missing SMF data

READQs and WRITEQs to shared TS queues should be included in the DFHTEMP performance class information. This information should be written to additional fields specifically for shared TS queues. For example: (TYPE-A, 'TSGETSCT', 4 BYTES)Number of ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Create CONFORMANCE condition to detect use of invalid ORDINAL values (and items now detected under CHECK(CONFORMANCE)

Create CONFORMANCE condition to detect use of invalid ORDINAL values (and items now detected under CHECK(CONFORMANCE)
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Enhance CICS SPI to access PLTPIUSR

Enhance CICS SPI and CEMT so that the following can be performed. EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM PLIPIUSR(value) and CEMT INQ SYSTEM
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered