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PureApp TEMS certificate need to be updated

TEMS certificate that has been installed on the PureApp System is listing as a vulnerable while having our systems scanned by the security team.It has been advised to clear the vulnerability by update the certificate on the TEMS maestro services r...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Not under consideration

IBM GPFS pattern type makes use of proprietary GPFS wrappers with a defect

The GPFS pattern type version 1.2.10.0 will only use the GPFS wrappers included with the GPFS product in the next release of the GPFS pattern type. Today, GPFS pattern type 1.2.10.0, automatically deployed with two sets of GPFS wrappers. The ones ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future 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...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

15 :Post deployment scripts and patterns passwords can be obtained

from BMLS/PAS user interface, it is possible to extract passwords from Patterns or PostDeployment Scripts. This issue was confirmed on the last release 2.2.5.2.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Not under consideration

F10-Reusable session cookies

Log files contain clear-text password and session cookies
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Expose or change CritRsctProtMethod in RSCT/TSA for Db2 HADR deployments

When deploying Db2 HADR on PureApplication, IBM TSA automatically gets installed and setup to handle the automatic failover of Db2. TSA is built on RSCT, which is configured with a recommended/default CritRsctProtMethod of 3. This default ensures ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Use firewalld in RHEL7 Core OS

In RHEL 7 firewalld is the preferred firewall solution. In the current CoreOS images for RHEL7 iptables is still in use. Please change the CoreOS (and all scripting that depends on this) to use firewalld instead off iptables. This statement could ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Mass deployment of efixes

In the current system an efix can only be applied to a single virtual system. It is impossible to apply an efix on multiple systems or all systems in a cloud group or environment profile.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Inform the owner of the reason for fixes

When an efix is applied to a virtual system the owner of the system is notified through mail. Sometimes these notices may be ignored, if it is a minor fix for instance.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Connect in/out component should support additional network interfaces

Pattern development currently supports firewall configuration through the CONNECT IN/OUT component. This component does not support multiple network interfaces.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration