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WebSphere Liberty

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WebSphere Liberty should offer StartTLS support when connecting to LDAP server for authentication

WebSphere Liberty should offer StartTLS support when connecting to LDAP server for authentication
almost 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

The JAX-WS and CXF code in Liberty does not cache any SSL socket connections for reuse

The JAX-WS and CXF code in Liberty does not cache any SSL socket connections for reuse. We probably have you to open RFE for this issue. our L3 are trying to recreate the issue locally to get more information.This RFE is based on above comment fro...
about 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Add and support AMR claim in JWT

Add and support AMR claim in JWT. WebSphere core security should support "Authentication Methods References", so it can enforce step-up authentication, and know how user is authenticated. The potential value could be pwd, rsa, 2fa, mfa.
over 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Rest service doesn't give back information on CHARSET

When I consume a REST service I don't receive any information in HTTP header about CHARSET . Due to this the instruments that I use ( HTTP call from RPGILE, SQL, SOAP call , etc.) are not able to understand which set of character use, so particula...
about 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 4 Future consideration

Extend the scope of the maxFiles parameter in logging configuration

As per case TS015417399 when configuring <accessLogging> with maxFiles in WebSphere Liberty the server only deletes old logs of more that maxFiles logs have been created by the currently running process. The current behavior makes the maxFil...
2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Requesting a Linux/s390x build of the Packaging Utility for Installation Manager

We are interested in setting up local Installation Manager repositories that can be accessed over http/https to provide updates for WebSphere Liberty ND and IBM HTTP server products as described in the documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/in...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Include strong ciphers in liberty

We are using EKMF Web, and it uses WebSphere Liberty. EKMFWEB uses port 9443. Recently we received report that the port is vulnerable. Upon researching with IBM, it was found that weak ciphers have been included in liberty even when configured to ...
6 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Support token authentication (IDT) when accessing a db when using a connection pool

PCI data security is requiring servers to never expose a password when accessing a db. The industry is moving towards using JWTs (for example, a RACF IDT on z/OS) to meet this requirement. JWT eliminate the need to manage a db password in Liberty ...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Mapping of a role in a JWT token to a technical user ID in SAF/RACF

As of today only WebSphere Liberty on z/OS and z/OS Connect EE (which is also based on WebSphere Liberty on z/OS) can only map the distributed user ID in a JWT token to a mainframe user ID in SAF/RACF. This is a problem when there is no equivalent...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Add a parameter to BBOC START_SRVR commands to define the BBO$ user id for CICS WOLA Link Server Task

We are using BBOC START_SRVR commands to start the WOLA Link Server Tasks (BBO$) in our CICS regions. Currently, there is no parameter to define the user id, under which BBO$ is running. So, if we start the Link Server Task during the CICS startup...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration