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Support NTLMv2 on JavaMail

NTLMv2 is the most secure mechanism communicating with Exchange server and is preferred by customers
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Enable WebSphere Property management to support access_log of application server configuration

Today, WebSphere Property management can support configuration of trace.log, Systemout.log or SystemErr.log, except HTTP access_log. Please kindly consider to support it for completeness.
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Missing source IP in SMF record type 80 when accessing with WAS or IHS

WAS and IHS need to add the source IP address to SMF type 80 records to enable identification of security breaches and also to enable the use of conditional access based on source IP address.
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 4 Not under consideration

adding a return code for the AdminTask object methods

I have been writing Jython scripts to perform basic tasks such as creating and deleting JAAS Application and J2C Auth entries in WebSphere. I noticed that some of the methods return no value so it is not easy to determine whether or not they have ...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

IBMi HTTP Server IHS support for website creation on IASP

Actual IBM i HTTP Server doesn't support the creation via GUI of a website defined in IASP, you have to create it on SYSBAS and then move it on IASP manually, doing tricky steps. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/706779 Could it be possible t...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow SPNEGO Single Sign On solution to work on a scenario that admin agent and its managed base profile

Now, in websphere 9 base edition, admin agent managing its base profile including a set of JVMs. We are required to input ID and password to pass authentication in order to access admin console. So avoid inputting ID and password will be good expe...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

Fix Activation Spec status display in Admin Console

The status reported in the Admin Console for Activation Specs is broken - we had a stopped Activation Spec and it showed as "green" (Active). Admin Console should reflect accurate status information to benefit all systems programmers and applicati...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Include re-try and timeout with Activation Spec listener status in the WAS Console

In the WAS Console, when we look at the Activation Spec listener status, instead of just showing 'green' or 'red', it should have functionality where we're able to see the re-tries with the connection the IBM QMGR. Multiple App teams with RBC will...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow Application Install for .ear Files Greater Than 1 gb

The 1 gb limit on deploying an ear file in WebSphere is causing us to have to use Configuration Manager to deploy any changes to the application and increasing downtime.
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

The Useable WebSphere Auditing Functions Are Required by the Department of Defense

The current WAS Auditing function does provide readily useable logs to even track down simple events such as starting/stopping an application server via the WAS Admin Console. I would like to see such functionality added to the NDM audit logs. I a...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration