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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

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

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.
19 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

Create more than 1 zip file while processing with the Discovery Tool

The Discovery Tool on TA/AMA may take days to run, depending on the number of applications in a WebSphere Cell. The resulting zip file may be too large to upload and process by the taserver pd/container thus resulting in an error, most likely an O...
12 days ago in App Runtime Tooling Future consideration

Websphere liberty AES256 custom key in xml not secured

Issue Details From 26.0.0.3 Default key usage is removed from Liberty for usage along with securityUtility command for AES256 encoding of passwords New Solution delivered in 25.0.0.12 for appending our own custom AES key for encryption of password...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Maintain all the artifacts in embedded jdk that comes with WAS 8.5.5

Per the technote, the Java orb.properties, java.policy, and cacerts files are non-serviceable in WAS v8.5.5 (e.g. they are not updated). The files are serviceable in the Java SDK provided for WAS 9.0 and Liberty. WebSphere Application Server Java ...
10 months ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

usage-based licensing model for WebShpere Liberty

I have received requests from two customers, who are using Liberty, to provide a usage-based licensing model that can accommodate dynamic capacity scaling in cloud environments. I also occasionally receive inquiries from other customers asking whe...
7 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

IBM WebSphere Liberty Workload Identity

Request summary Enhance the existing jwtBuilder component (and the associated com.ibm.websphere.security.jwt.JwtBuilder API) to support secure, programmatic issuance of application-identity JWT tokens. These tokens represent the calling Liberty ap...
29 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Ability to reset connection manager wait_time metric exposed via Mbean

In z/OS Connect EE (WebSphere Liberty), the connection manager wait_time metric exposed via MBeans is does not reset after a wait condition has been resolved. As a result, when a high wait time (e.g. ~10 seconds) is recorded due to a transient iss...
29 days ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration