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Communications Server

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IP host name in TTLS rule for Policy Agent

In TTLS Rule one may state IP addresses as policy critera, for example RemoteAddrGroupRef to provide a set of IP addresses. IP address of IP service might change without prior notice. Therefore it seems desirable to optionally specify an IP name i...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

FTP should support ISPF compression / unpack by default

In ISPF there is a possibility to set the 'PACK' option to on. If this option is set, ISPF member(s) are automatically compressed. In ISPF BROWSE or EDIT, the member(s) are showen automatically in uncompressed mode. FTP should always 'UNPACK' such...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow z/OS FTP client to choose, fix, or limit ephemeral port usage of data connection

I already knew the answer to the question ('No') but my networkign folks were pressing me for definitive documentation, so I opened an SR 92729 499 000 to ask if 1) testcase.boulder.ibm.com was limiting ports to any specific range (answer is incon...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

Add remote file name to SYSTCPSM SMF119 NMI FTP record

Only the mainframe side file name of the FTP file transfer is available in the SMF119 record provided to the SYSTCPSM NMI interface. If the file is being renamed on the FTP file transfer, the remote file name is not available in the SMF record
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

FTping failing to transfer to GDG file

Having FTP job's failing when ftping to GDG files.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

Comm Server PAGENT - Add modify commands for tracing

Add a feature to PAGENT to permit CtraceClearText and Trace settings to be dynamically changed for a particular TTLSConnectionAction. This feature would require a SAF resource to permit execution of these commands.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

Add FTP client option to stream tape datasets

I recently learned of the FTP server option TAPEREADSTREAM which allows faster retrieve speeds of tape datasets from a z/OS FTP server. We FTP tape datasets from a z/OS FTP client to remote FTP servers, but the transfers have to be initiated from ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF IPADR Group and sort

z/OSMF1) Ip groups are not sorted by ip-adr2) Ip groups should be part of other ip grpups (group th group)
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

ipsec FilterMatches reset

customer selected counter reset for FilterMatches counter.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

ipsec -f display using wildcard and ip information

Ipsec command can only use full qualified names without wildcard
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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