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Provide support for Kerberos Constrained Delegation (S4U2Proxy, S4U2Self) in WebSphere Full Profile

With JDK 8 the S4U2Proxy and S4U2Self mechanisms are implemented in the GSSApi for delegated access with credentials of the client to backend servers with Kerberos. See: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/nl/en-us/SSYKE2_8.0.0/...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Delivered

Enable Websphere ldap user registry to support ldap binding authentication by Kerberos

Currently, the ldap user registry used in the federated repository need a password-based authentication for the ldap binding account. To achieve a passwordless scenario through Kerberos and credential cache, it would be a more secure offering if l...
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Delivered

We want IHS to be configured in a manner so that if client provide RSA certificate less than 2048 bit then the request should be rejected by IBM HttpServer

This is useful in making system less vulnerable. All client using IBM HttpServer would be benefitted form this. IBM HtpServer should work in a manner so that if client provide RSA certificate less than 2048 bit then the request should be rejected ...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Delivered

IFIX applied in JOBLOG

When we have IFIXES installed onto our WebSphere V8.5 and V9.0.5 application servers the IFIXES don't display in the JOBLOG.Just the version the fix pack level are generated.It would be a great help to have the IFIX levels displayed in the JOBLOG ...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Delivered

JAX-WS clients should perform SSL hostname verifications when connecting to a SOAP webservice

When a JAX-WS client running in Websphere attempts to connect to a SOAP webservice, it does not currently perform hostname verifications on the certificate of the webservice. This makes it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.The underlying re...
almost 11 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Delivered

Passwords in security.xml XOR encoded and weak

Dear Team, We are badly hit by our security team on this XOR encoding mechanism of Websphere console users. We need Websphere product with inbuild encryption facility to make the sure password are in encypted format (AES/DES). Kindly take this as ...
about 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Delivered

Update WAS Java Mail files

The WAS embedded java mail jars are several generations old causing TLS connection issues that are fixed in the higher version.
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Delivered

Increase keylength of Diffie Hellman key to 4096

Need for increased Diffie Hellman keylength in communication with partners in the E-business area. Especially when doing card-payments with 3D secure
about 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Delivered

Datasource connection setup and cleanup configurable statements for WebSphere Liberty profile

In Websphere classic we can provide a custom datasource helper class on the datasource definition to do some setup and teardown of the connection based on the current context/thread before its given back to the caller or returned to the pool. In W...
almost 9 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Delivered

IBM Business Automation Workflow password encrytption

IBM Business Automation Workflow product is only supported on WebSphere 8.5.5. and cannot take advantage of password encryption features that are available on WAS 9.0.5 It is requested that IBM Business Automation Workflow 19.0.0.3 running on WAS ...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Delivered