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IBM Host On-Demand

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Host On-Demand font to fill 16:9 ratio screen

With the current fonts and the prevalence of large 16:9 aspect ratio screens, e.g. 23?, a significant amount of the screen is wasted when the window is maximized. We would like an enhancement to add additional font sizes to more completely fill th...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Delivered

New Keyboard function: JumpPrevious

in the Past, under windows Personal Communication was able to allow me to set a keyboard function not only for JumpNext but for JumpPrevious in HOD, only JumpNext available, but the other one (JumpPrevious) also would be good
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Delivered

Host On-Demand macro field encryption in not compliant

When a Host On-Demand macro is recording input to a non-display 3270 field, it encrypts the data using a non-compliant algorithm.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 4 Delivered

Host On-Demand - replace default keyboard map for all sessions

The default keyboard map provided by Host On-Demand does not provide a mapping for several host functions such as PA1 and PA2. We need the ability to replace the default keyboard map with one of our choosing so that it will be included in every se...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered

HOD - TLS 1.2 support with MSCAPI

We need to be able to configure HOD with TLS 1.2 using MSCAPI because with JSSE, it is not possible to pre-configure for TLS 1.2. With tens of thousands of users having to manual configure as the product is currently designed is not manageable and...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Delivered

Allow PIV/CAC support with TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2

When TLSv1.1 and 1.2 are enabled in HOD via JSSE the ability to use PIV/CAC cards is removed as is use of the windows keystore (MSCAPI). We need to have the ability to use PIV/CAC (client certificates) and the MS keystore when requesting TLSv1.1 a...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Delivered

HOD Ergonomic Improvement

when the HOD window on client is on maximum, it should be the whole window used
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Delivered

Host On Demand - change the encryption of the sessions to TLS 1.2

Our problem with Host On Demand is this:Because of security we have the requirement to change the encryption of the sessions to TLS 1.2 We have nearly 10000 server based clients each with 6 sessions. I asked IBM how to do this changes and the answ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Delivered

HOD Thai language support with Windows Thai keyboard layout

Currently HOD client support Thai language only when Windows keyboard layout is English and HOD keyboard is Thai. So Thai customers got the following problem when using Windows Thai keyboard layout1. When Windows keyboard is Thai and HOD is Englis...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 4 Delivered

Host On Domand User Administration User Listing Function Miss

Recently, I start to manage HOD v. 11.0 in our origination, short after I found I can not copy the users list to word or text file. I can not export the list of user out of HOD. Our county security auditor group inquire list of user in all differe...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Delivered