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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...
about 3 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...
about 3 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.
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Support Java 2 Security to restrict application acceess to local resoures

This a CAT-I finding for DoD STIG: Below is their reasoning: Rule Title : The WebSphere Application Server Java 2 security must be enabled. Discussion : Java 2 security provides a policy-based fine grained access control mechanism that increases o...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Functionality already exists

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 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Prevent Application Redistribution

This is what the client company is requesting. I'm using WebSphere's application binary configuration. Redistribution occurs when changing application options. We want to control or eliminate this.
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

WebSockets support for IIS.

I have a updated version of a application that now parts of uses WebSockets. IIS supports WebSockets but not the ISAPI Plugin. I am told that Apache would support this but I dont think this is a option for me. If you bypass IIS and go directly to ...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Add support for com.ibm.mq.cfg.jmqi.useMQCSPauthentication in WAS 8.5.5.X

Currently the MQ RAR packaged with WAS 8.5.5.X is too old to support com.ibm.mq.cfg.jmqi.useMQCSPauthentication. This means that for anyone who is unable to move to WAS 9 any MQ connection is required to use far less secure passwords.
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 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.
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Allow encryption algorithm to be AES-256 in GCM mode for JAX-WS and JAX-RPC security runtime.

We have recently upgraded to AES-256 in CBC mode on JAX-WS and JAX-RPC security runtime for our application servers, however we are required by our cryptography standards to move to the preferred GCM mode before the end of 2021. This option does n...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Future consideration