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The feature that is described in this request is a candidate for a future release.
A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.
Hello,
Can you confirm our understanding given below?
With regards,
Madhu
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Let me reiterate the question:
The requirement is to provide a command line option such as -
"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Personal Communications\pcsws.exe"
On CA PAM Client, define a service with 127.0.0.200 as the local loopback address, and register Client Application as -
"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Personal Communications\pcsws.exe"
Then, save a PCOMM session (.WS file) with host IP address as 127.0.0.200 with port 23.
This should cause PCOMM session to connect to CA PAM Client on loopback address, and from there it will invoke the PCOMM session with the actual host with credentials.
Is this understanding correct?
To summarise, PCSWS.EXE should be enhanced to accept connecting host name (or IP address) and port as command line parameters.
Please clarify.
Thank you for providing the information that we requested to clarify this enhancement request.
Further evaluation is underway.
1. We are using the CA PAM (Privileged Access Management) client. The CA PAM client creates a separate local loopback on the client for each service, then proxies through the PAM servers to the destination server. The idea is to create a chokepoint for privileged traffic.
2. The change manual proxy setting doesn't apply - refer to step 1.
3. We were trying to set the PAM client up so that it pointed to the saved session, but the saved session points the client directly to the server instead of routing through PAM. So then we tried pointing it to the local loopback but that caused other issues.
Comments from development
Need more info:
"1. Is the requirement for cli option is to authenticate proxy and then connet to host, by giving proxy server ip, username & password via cli?
2. If the proxy is set in windows, using ""change manual proxy settings"" in win10, doesn't PCOMM get through proxy server?
3. Need more information about the customer setup and how they use saved session?"