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WebSphere traditional

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Enhance JAX-RS 2.0 client implementation to make it use WAS SSLSetting defined in the cell automatically

See also CASE TS005178606.
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Allow encryption algorithm to be AES-256 in GCM mode for JAX-WS and JAX-RPC security runtime.

We have recently upgraded to AES-256 in CBC mode on JAX-WS and JAX-RPC security runtime for our application servers, however we are required by our cryptography standards to move to the preferred GCM mode before the end of 2021. This option does n...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Future consideration

Websphere Audit log format

System: WebSphere Application ServerActor: User needing improvement on existing feature Description: We are using WAS 8.5.5 and 9.0. The audit log generated by WebSphere is in binary format which is not readable by QRadar. Request to generate the ...
almost 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 4 Future consideration

Support JDBC 4.2 in WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5

WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5 supports Java SE 8. It should support JDBC 4.2 in accordance with specification of JSE 8 (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=337). However, the latest system requirement of WAS 8.5.5 only states support of JDBC up ...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to add login_hint parameter to the OIDC TAI, that will allow a hint to be passed to the Identity Provider

System: WebSphere Application ServerActor: User needing new featured We are using the WAS OIDC TAI to connect with Azure AD as the identity provider. We are being asked to send some information to Azure in the authentication request, using a login...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Cert Expiry Endpoints

We are using certificates to call external services from BPM which have an expiration date. As part of our DevOps team we need to monitor when these certificates expires so we can get them renewed before they expire.
about 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Headline: Proxy server to access Installation Manager repositories

Due to the fact that WebSphere v9.0 is no longer delivered via SMP/E, the Installation Manager needs to download the software components from a cloud-based repository. Because our z/OS system runs behind a firewall, the download fails miserably ;-...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Enable Account Lockout after 3 failed logins

Passwords are prune to Bruteforce attacks, an attacker can easily brute force the passwords as the password policy is weak andallows simple alpha numeric characters without any restriction of password length e.g.: admin, passetc.Account lockout me...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

WebSphere Audit Functionality

Using the Audit feature we want to be able to log any type of configuration change.What was the change, at what time and with what userid.Currently the only filter that allows that is “RESOURCE_ACCESS:SUCCESS ”, the problem is that it logs everyth...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Support for the SAN attribute in the CSR request when using wsadmin or the WAS admin console.

We want to be able to use the SAN attribute in PKI keys/certificates. This is needed to pass host verification during the TLS handshake if the certificate is to be used by processes on different hosts, e.g., multiple WAS application server process...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration