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WebSphere Application Server Support for HashiCorp Vault Usage

Please note this is the same as previous RFE 149411 Our Cyber team’s latest compliance requirement mandates that datasource passwords are rotated every 180 days. To meet this, we’re exploring HashiCorp Vault to manage and rotate JDBC datasource cr...
7 days ago in WebSphere traditional Under review

Enable DPoP support on OAuth 2.0 under z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition

We have noticed several types of frauds when using tokens via OAuth 2.0. To address this issue, RFC 9449 was published with the implementation of DPoP (Demonstrating Proof of Possession.) "DPoP is an OAuth security extension for binding tokens to ...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Enable Azure OpenAI authentication using Microsoft Entra ID Client Credentials Flow, allowing Deployment Genie to securely obtain and refresh JWT access tokens through a service principal instead of relying on static API keys.

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Currently, Deployment Genie supports integration with Azure OpenAI; however, many enterprise organizations have security ...
1 day ago in DevOps Automation / Create Submitted

password decoding funcationality via command line instead of application

no need to install the application explicitly to decode the password and helpful during critical situations when in need to validating passwords. SImilar to traditional websphere even if we have funcationality to decode the password it would be he...
2 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Add OAuth 2.0 mTLS support to Liberty’s native oauth-2.0 provider, specifically around RFC 8705 behavior

For our IBM OpenPages product, one of our Customers in Brazil is especially escalating the need for OAuth 2.0 mTLS support Here is the internal Slack discussion for your reference: https://ibm-cloudplatform.slack.com/archives/C30NGTBFS/p1770919784...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Enabling to specify wild card for hardCopyMessage and/or wtoMessage elements in zosLogging property

Backgrounds The customer is migrating from WAS for z/OS traditional to WAS for z/OS Liberty. During the migration, many incompatibilities have been identified between the two products. We understand that WAS for z/OS traditional and WAS for z/OS L...
3 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

On z/OS, provide an alternative to protecting an LTPA key that does not require a password.

To provide a much more secure method of implementing LTPA keys on z/OS utilizing the security applicable to Mainframe.On z/OS, provide an alternative to protecting an LTPA key that does not require a password.
24 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Implementing Transaction Propagation and Atomic EJB Transactions in Liberty

This initiative aims to enable support for transaction propagation and atomic EJB transactions within the Liberty runtime environment. These features are critical for applications currently relying on traditional Java EE behavior, and their absenc...
10 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Instana for z/OS (zAPM) Tracing support for WOLA on Liberty

We are currently using WebSphere z/OS with WOLA (OTMA CI) to access IMS transactions and this is our major way into IMS. We are considering migrating to WebSphere Liberty z/OS. We have Instana Distributed as an observability solution and are inter...
22 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Under review

New configuration to disable error BadPaddingException when server starts with different keystore_password

Due to the changes in WAS Liberty 26.0.0.4 "LTPA keysPassword default value removal" and setting keystore_password, we now get error BadPaddingException on each new server startup, because the password in keystore_password differs from the default...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere Liberty Is a defect