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IBM Host On-Demand

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Need the browser independent HOD Launcher client to be globally deployable by an Admin without user's intervention.

The browser independent HOD Launcher client currently requires that a user perform some actions:(1)Download to the local system the hodlauncher.msi file(2)Click on run to install the HOD Launcher .Although these are a one-time only activity, in ou...
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

LDAP active directory msft support on HOD

Actor : 600 users are potentially interested to ldap control for access to our I--series and mainframe environment Description: We are using Microsoft LDAP Autenthication feature as a standard for our environment and we need to introduce it also f...
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 7 Not under consideration

Numbers Cut and Paste from HOD into excel cannot be tabulated

HOD takes the negative number from HOD and pastes it as is into excel. The users have set up processes for copying and tabulating numbers pasted in excel based on Rumba behavior. Rumba changes the position of the - (negative sign) to prefix the nu...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

Add Vietnamese code page to HOD

Please add support for the Vietnamese code page 1130 in HOD
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

HOD Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

IBM Host On-Demand (HOD) pages are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Description of XSS from application auditors: "Cross Site Scripting (XSS) is a web application vulnerability where user input is not sanitized properly, allowing a malici...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 4 Not under consideration

macro in host on demand

How manipulate a string variable in a macro. For exemple equivalence of java method "indexof" ?
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Not under consideration

HOD DPW - Provide Option to Specify Path for Customized CA files

Provide the ability to specify the CA store where the Host On-Demand Deployment Wizard will search for certificates received on a host session. The recommended circumvention of copying the certificate to where DPW will look for it requires adminis...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

Install of HOD 12 on i5OS no longer included in the License Program Products

After installing Host On-Demand V12 via Installation Manager on i5OS, the License Program Product list does not reflect that HOD 12 is installed. Previous versions of HOD did update the LPP on AS/400 platform and this was removed for HOD 12. This ...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

Be able to make session parameters changes

Would like to be able to change parms configured in a session with out updating every session in the Configured Session List
about 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

Host Emulator Support 64-bit mode MSCAPI connection

RDz should support Host Emulator MSCAPI connection in 64-bit mode. MSCAPI can only connect in 32-bit mode now.
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 4 Not under consideration