IC74168: HOD SESSION WHEN CONFIGURED TO CONNECT TO THE HOST VIA AN HTTP PROXY IS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE CONNECTION IN SOME CASES.

Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.4
Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.9
Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.11
Rational Host On-Demand 11.0.10

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Rational HostOnDemand
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  When session is configured to connect to the host via a HTTP
  Proxy, it is not able to complete the connection in some cases.
  This is when the HOD session configuration, Proxy Type
  is set to HTTP Proxy setting, the session does not
  connect, in the case of proxy servers that send single line
  message containing return-code 200.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users connecting to session via HTTP proxy   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When the HOD session is configured to   *
  *                      connect to the host via an HTTP Proxy,  *
  *                      it might not be able to complete the    *
  *                      connection. When the HOD session has    *
  *                      configured the Proxy Type and set the   *
  *                      HTTP Proxy setting, the session does    *
  *                      not connect in the case of proxy        *
  *                      servers that send single line messages  *
  *                      containing return-code 200.             *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The HOD Session, when configured to use the HTTP proxy server,
  needs to establish a connection with the HTTP Proxy in order
  to interact with the host. However, when the HTTP Proxy server
  sends a "CONNECTION ESTABLISHED" message to the HOD session,
  the session responds with FIN signals and thus, the connection
  is broken and session does not connect.
  
  This can happen if the proxy server returns a single line
  response of "CONNECTION ESTABLISHED" message with no extra
  headers attached.  HOD was parsing the message wrong and
  therefore, disconnecting the connection.
  

Problem conclusion

• HOD parsing logic had to be fixed in order to accept single-line
  
  responses. The logic has been fixed to handle this scenario.
  
  Fix is scheduled to be available in HOD 10.0.9 Refresh pack
  Fix is scheduled to be available in HOD 11.0.4 Refresh pack
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• HTTP     PROX
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  HOD

• Fixed component ID

  5733A5901

Applicable component levels

• RA00 PSY

     UP

• RB00 PSY

     UP