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Personal Communications 6.0.8

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Abstract

IBM Personal Communications 6.0.8 has been made generally available and contains fixes to version 6.0 including all predecessor fix packs.

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Table of Contents
Sections Description
This section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.
This section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.
This section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.
This section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.
This section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.
This section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.
Supporting Documentation
Document Description
Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.
The information center provides you with user assistance for the product. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product. You can also visit IBM Product information page to browse for additional information centers.
Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites required.

Installation Instructions

Personal Communications 6.0 Installation Instructions

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Download Package

If you have IBM Web ID and authorized to download IBM Personal Communications Version 6.0, then go through the following procedure to see all deliverables available on IBM service site ( Fix Central ).

1. Click on http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/
2. Select Product family : Rational
3. Select Product : IBM Personal Communications
4. Select Versions : ALL
5. Select Platforms : ALL
6. Enter your IBM Web ID and Password
7. Make sure "Browse fixes" radio button is selected and make sure "ALL" is selected in the drop down box
8. Click on "Continue" link to see all the deliverables. You can also download the code if you are entitled to get the package.

OR

Click on the "Download Options" link corresponding to the package that you are intended to download.

How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
Impact Description
This release is a service release of Personal Communications 6.0. It contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

Problems Solved

Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

IBM Personal Communications 6.0.8:

1. The Security Protocol drop-down under "Security Setup" tab does not show "TLS1.2" and "TLS1.1" when IBM Personal Communications is installed under Japanese environment. Entries are left blank instead. Please contact IBM Support team for a testfix.

2. Personal Communications fails to establish TLS 1.2 secure connection when MSCAPI key store is used.

The following client reported defects were not resolved in this release:

APARDescription
SE56168CA400EXP - TITLE BAR DOES NOT EXPAND WILDCARD WORSKSTATION ID
IC92177PCOM: SESSION DISCONNECTS AFTER CIPHER REFRESH INTERVAL
IC93286PCOM: PROGRAMMABLE MOUSE BUTTON (PMB) TABLE NOT REFRESHED
IC94000PCOM: "SNA NODE OPERATIONS" TITLEBAR SHOWS IDLE STATUS THOUGH THE NODE IS STARTED
IC94452PCOM: TAB KEY WHEN PRESSED, IN VIETNAMESE CODE PAGE, DISPLAYS GARBAGE CHARACTER
IC93195PCOM: GARBAGE CHARACTERS ON EMULATOR SCREEN FOR HOST CODE PAGE 931
SE55929CA400EXP - MACRO DESCRIPTION FIELD SHOWS GARBLED CHARACTERS IN JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTGMacro description field gets garbled characters

Change History

Changes in Version 6.0.8:
TLS 1.2 support:

With this release, IBM Personal Communications supports TLS 1.2 security protocol. This is supported by both IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) and Microsoft CryptoAPI (MSCAPI).

The Security Protocol drop-down box on the Security Setup tab now enables you to select - TLS1.2, TLS1.1, TLS1.0, or SSL only - as the security protocol for a session. If the host does not support the selected security protocol, Personal Communications will drop down to the next lower level of security protocol, and continue negotiations to establish a secure session. For example, if TLS1.2 is chosen from the Security Protocol drop-down box, and the host supports only up to TLS1.0, then the negotiation is carried out at TLS1.0.

FIPS mode is supported by TLS1.2, TLS1.1 and TLS1.0.

Disable Quick Connect bar:

A new keyword enables you to disable the Quick Connect bar for a user session. The keyword is DisableQCB and is located under the Session section of the pcswin.ini file. Setting its value to Y disables the Quick Connect bar for the entire user session.

Below is an example of how to use this keyword in the pcswin.ini file:

[Profile]


ID=INI
Version=6
[Session]
DisableQCB=Y
........
........

On
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Problems (APARS) fixed
IC81539;IC85162;IC90439;IC90469;IC90470;IC90720;IC90748;IC90886;IC90931;IC91350;IC91399;IC92112;IC92338;IC92915;IC92981;IC92316;IC94253;SE53604;SE54829;SE55093;SE55112;SE55325;SE55799;SE55879

Document Information

Modified date:
02 August 2018

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