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PKCS11

I want to implement the PKCS11Impl provider (PKCS11) in the WAS 8.5.5.instaed of IBMJCECCA provider cause I think that PKCS11 is more secure than other and more i use the crypto express 5s ,ICSF and TKE.i opened a PMR and after a few weeks i get t...
almost 10 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Functionality already exists

[jaxws] implements polymorphism for exceptions raised by jaxws servers

[JAX-WS] On server side, sub classes of exceptions declared in soap methods signatures when raised at runtime are not interpreted as if they were listed exceptions but treated as if they are undeclared exceptions (therefore in the soap fault the d...
over 10 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

DEPLYOMENT ROLLOUT FUNCTION FOR APPLICATIONS IN CLUSTER

Currently a user must have the operator and configurator roles at cell level, in order to be allowed to use the rollout function in the last deployment step in the admin console. I.E. you have to give far too high permissions in a cell with severa...
almost 12 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

WAS for z/OS V8 feature request about findMbean/queryNames behavior

We have 2 requirments about the findMBean/queryNames behaivior in multiple servant environment. The summary of the requirement is as follows: (1) We wants to check an MBean registered in OWN servant by findMBean/queryNames.(2) We wants to check an...
over 13 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

Support FIPS 140-3 for z/OS

The IBMJCEPlusFIPS cryptography module was certified for FIPS 140-3 by NIST in August 2024 and is supported on most platforms (as mentioned in the Operational environments section) for production use in IBM SDK for Java 8.0.8.30 or later. The IBMJ...
24 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

Improve SystemD Integration

When a WebSphere Traditional service such as a node agent running as a SystemD service is restarted or stopped through the admin console, SystemD is not leveraged in this process meaning when the original node agent process is stopped, SystemD con...
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow dynamic resizing of the HPEL TextLog

Customer wants to be able to change the size of the HPEL TextLog beyond the default setting. They suggested that it would be preferable if the size could be adjusted dynamically rather than being hardcode
4 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Deployment of HA DMGR in AWS using Application Load Balancers instead of On-demand routers

It is useful for the customer that is deploying traditional BAW 24 in AWS using EC2 instances. In QA and Prod they have an active passive stray nodes deployment across two availability zones within the same region. They have the request of having ...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Deployment Manager DR strategy on AWS through AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

It is useful since the customer is deploying traditional BAW 24 in AWS using EC2 instances. In QA and Prod there is an active passive stray nodes deployment across two availability zones within the same region. Therefore to follow recommended DR f...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Not under consideration

Enable hiding the OIDC TAI client secret after its entered.

Why is it useful? Due to it being sensitve information (aka a password). This would prevent sensitive information from being exposed or copied. Who would benefit from it? All users and administrators using the system. How should it work? This obfu...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration