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WebSphere traditional

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Display the Keyring name in the JOBLOG on z/OS.

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Traditional WebSphere Application servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the TWAS server fi...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Clustered EJB Timer service

The integrated EJB Timer service has to be configured for each application server. While providing support to client I discovered that the EJB Timer Service is configured for APPServer1 and APPServer2 separately by going inside path "Servers > ...
6 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

OIDC integration with the the IBM IHS HTTP Server

I know that the apache web server has and oidc module and the IBM's HTTP Server is built on it. But IBM doesn't support the use of the oidc module. It would be great if IBM could support the use of the oidc module in it's HTTP Server. This would a...
10 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

Java - Support AES key from ICSF for encryption

We aim for an encryption with an AES key stored in CKDS dataset, hence protected with ICSF. The targeted flow would be as follows: 1. Create an AES key in CKDS2. Create a Java application that can read the key and perform encryption and decryption...
2 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Under review

WebSphere Application Server Support for HashiCorp Vault usage

Our organization mandates the use of HashiCorp Vault to store and retrieve passwords. For Applications hosted on WebSphere Application Server, there is no direct support to make use of HashiCorp Vault to store/retrieve database password as part of...
about 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

AES256 product enhancement for twas on password encoding

Client Comment:twas 8.5.5 and twas 9 doesn't have support for AES-256 encryption of passwords. Presently supports only AES-128 encryption. Need help to enhance this password encryption/encoding of AES to 256 bits/keylength. https://www.ibm.com/doc...
12 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1

WebSphere ND Primary FID (wasinternaluser) should disable in console (not from backend)

We are the internal WebSphere ND engineering team at Citi, responsible for automating end-to-end installations across the global Citi network, encompassing over 10,000 servers. Approximately one year ago, Citi's security team raised concerns regar...
11 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Provide property to allow skipping of group membership lookup during login

We see a 20-120 second delay during login to our BAW (Business Automation Workflow) application which uses WebSphere 8.5.5.xTrace indicates the time is consumed before ever reaching the application, by WebSphere security code doing full traversal ...
7 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Add feature to configure Enable/Disable System Dump from admin console

WAS admin console users have the ability to take System dumps and causes issues in production during peak traffic. Requesting a feature added so WAS admins can configure to enable or disable in production environments.
about 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

For WebSphere Application Server to support LDAP Channel Binding for end user authenticaion

Using Enble the LDAP Channel binding will help us to end user authention in IBM Websherer Application Server and its proves more secure in centralized authentication mechanism.
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review