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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Create ACME agent to automate renewal of certs for WAS and IHS.

Create ACME agent to automate renewal of certs for WAS and IHS. This would help renew certificates automatically with out human inervention
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow customizations on the Admin Center pages

For Liberty allowing the addition of some text on the screens would allow to differentiate the Admin Centers so makes are not made. This would be similar to tWAS changing the console identity.
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Synergy should have option to display a "non-working" Change Integration if Started when no Change Licenses are available

We occassionally run out of licenses or there are times when a Change port goes down. When this happens and a user attempts to log into Synergy, none of the Change integration shows up and there are no errors or warnings to the user that there was...
almost 11 years ago in Rational Other / Synergy 5 Not under consideration

RSA-RTE: Target RTS: Missing common types to be send over protocols

The TargetRTS only supports the CppPrimitiveDatatypes to be send over protocols without type descriptor (like int, long, float). For Modern C++ application it would be required to also support more modern types like uint64_t,std::string etc.
over 5 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Not under consideration

Add warning if entering a composite state without an entry point when initial transition inside exists

Please introduce a warning if entering a composite state without an entry point when there is an initial transition inside. The current RSARTE implementation of the history feature is not UML 2.x conform, but understood by experienced RSARTE users.
over 5 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Not under consideration

Perl upgrade to support TLS v 1.2

Customer ITZ Bund is asking for Perl upgrade to support TLS v 1.2, This is really urgent because of fulfillment their security reasons.
over 5 years ago in Rational Other / Change 5 Not under consideration

Include configuration assessment in WAS security posture

Considering including a configuration assessment as part of determining the security posture of servers. An example would be to look for older SSL configuration and flag those as insecure. In general, look for configuration that is outside of best...
almost 4 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

F29: Stop using SMBv1 protocol for communication between BMLS and AXA Windows VM

SMBV1 protocol is considered highly unsecure. It is deactivated by default on Windows 2012/2016 serverCVE-2017-0144 : https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0144https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/09/16/stop-using-smb...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Allow folder and script file name changes in IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT)

We adopted IBM RFT for our functional test use. This tool is based on Eclipse. For regular Eclipse Java related project, it is very easy to make changes on Folder/File name changes. Since during the development, it is very common for the team to a...
almost 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Not under consideration

Reference UCD properties in application process properties for consumption

During the application process wizard, you often need to choose certain options. An example is the environment in which you want to deploy to (out-of-the-box field). It would be useful to be able to reference these ucd properties inside other appl...
almost 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 4 Not under consideration