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WebSphere traditional

Display the Keyring name in the JOBLOG on z/OS.

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Traditional WebSphere Application servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the TWAS server fi...
11 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Java - Support AES key from ICSF for encryption

We aim for an encryption with an AES key stored in CKDS dataset, hence protected with ICSF. The targeted flow would be as follows: 1. Create an AES key in CKDS2. Create a Java application that can read the key and perform encryption and decryption...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

"Quality of Protection (QoP) settings" display box leads to security breaches

The SSL Quality of Protection (QoP) settings (SSL certificate and key management > SSL configuration > NodeDefaultSSLSettings) panel is particularly frustrating to use and leads to security breaches 1- The list of available ciphers is contai...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Session rebalancing and affinity switchback default value are mismatch in dynamic cluster

WAS default dynamic cluster settings are following. #1. HttpSessionRebalanceOff=false (*1) : this indicates that session rebalancing is ON. #2. NoAffinitySwitchBack=false (*2) : this indicates that affinity switchback is ON. In other words, when o...
about 10 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

For WebSphere Application Server to support LDAP Channel Binding for end user authenticaion

Using Enble the LDAP Channel binding will help us to end user authention in IBM Websherer Application Server and its proves more secure in centralized authentication mechanism.
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

Allow for multiple Subject Alternative Name DNS entries in Certificate Signing Requests in the WAS admin console

In WebSphere 8.5.5 fix pack 18 support for specifying Subject Alternative Names DND, IP, email values was added when creating a certificate signing request (CSR) via the WebSphere Administrative Console. However, the capability currently allows on...
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

JPA warning message

The warning message is appearing frequently and it costs I/O and performance for the servers. CWWJP9991W: openjpa.Runtime: Warn: The property "openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary=disableAlterSeqenceIncrementBy" is set to true. Is it possible to avoid them? ...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

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

See also CASE TS005178606.
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

Upgrade wadamin jyton to Python 3.9.4

We have a requirement to update WAS settings from within the secure wsadmin.sh runtime. The updates require calling out to other servers in our network using REST-ful calls. The GitHub "requests" module meets most needs. But we can not use it beca...
about 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

WebSphere ND Primary FID (wasinternaluser) should disable in console (not from backend)

We are the internal WebSphere ND engineering team at Citi, responsible for automating end-to-end installations across the global Citi network, encompassing over 10,000 servers. Approximately one year ago, Citi's security team raised concerns regar...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration