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Urgent Need for a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority

WebSphere Application Server users need a Distinct Separation Between Auditor Authority and Administrator Authority Category: Security, Auditing, and Compliance Executive Summary: The current WebSphere Application Server design allows users such a...
7 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

BIOSCIENCE CLOUD PAK (Biological Science Cognitive Learning, Analytics, Digital Modeling, and Secure Research Cloud Platform)

IBM / DARPA / Pentagon Research Concept Project Name BIOSCIENCE CLOUD PAK (Biological Science Cognitive Learning, Analytics, Digital Modeling, and Secure Research Cloud Platform) Inspired by the hybrid-cloud and AI architecture concepts used in IB...
14 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak System Submitted

Port the DISPLAY,ADAPTER,REGISTRATIONS and DISPLAY,ADAPTER from WAS on Z to Liberty Z

In WAS we are able to display the WOLA registrations between WAS and CICS. Looking to add the same functionality to Liberty on Z . We have automation around this command in WAS, as we move to Liberty , looking to replicate that process in Liberty.
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Liberty servers should load just once and share the module BBGZSCFM in ECSA

If the authorized services are enabled on the Liberty z/OS server, the module BBGZSCFM must be loaded. The Liberty z/OS code doesn't have a way of determining whether or not the module has already been loaded (or unloaded) by other servers. If 100...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Managed Liberty Server Automatic Startup

Currently, there is no way to have a managed Liberty server automatically start when the node agent is started after a host server reboot for example. In WebSphere Traditional, this can be accomplished by setting the "Node Restart State" to either...
18 days ago in Modernized Runtime Extension for Java Future consideration

Maintain all the artifacts in embedded jdk that comes with WAS 8.5.5

Per the technote, the Java orb.properties, java.policy, and cacerts files are non-serviceable in WAS v8.5.5 (e.g. they are not updated). The files are serviceable in the Java SDK provided for WAS 9.0 and Liberty. WebSphere Application Server Java ...
9 months ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

usage-based licensing model for WebShpere Liberty

I have received requests from two customers, who are using Liberty, to provide a usage-based licensing model that can accommodate dynamic capacity scaling in cloud environments. I also occasionally receive inquiries from other customers asking whe...
6 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Add the hability to filter by application components in the main Calendar windows

Despite it is possible to see each componente calendar inside the process menu, it would be useful to be able to filter by component also in the main calendar
19 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review

Websphere liberty AES256 custom key in xml not secured

Issue Details From 26.0.0.3 Default key usage is removed from Liberty for usage along with securityUtility command for AES256 encoding of passwords New Solution delivered in 25.0.0.12 for appending our own custom AES key for encryption of password...
2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Post quantum cryptography for tWAS and IHS

Once quantum computing is used, some current encryptions may no longer be considered as secured. WAS and IHS may need to implement post quantum cryptography to be secured.
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional Planned for future release