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WebSphere traditional

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use kerberos keytab for client

Provision Client connection to utilize keytab for kerberos based authentication for wsadmin connections using SOAP rather than stdin/prompt/cache that is currently available.
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

One incorrect password blocking LDAP servers

Problem reported: When the user logs in to an application that relies on WebSphere to authenticate to an LDAP server (Microsoft AD) and types the wrong password, we verify that: • The wrong password is sent to the main LDAP server + 1 retentative•...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Is a defect

Setting Unit of Order on Message producer

We had created a Case # TS001140603 and asked to create a REF for the below feature. We are migrating j2ee weblogic application to websphere 8.5.5 ND and need to specify Unit of order. Consider below e-commerce scenario. A client makes an online p...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Functionality already exists

Stale http session access during rollout update in case one browser requests multiple requests in a same time.

Today, web application architecture has changed from old style Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, AJAX, Single Page Application architecture and so on. Especially in new web application architecture, an application's client/browser side may call multiple request...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Headline: Proxy server to access Installation Manager repositories

Due to the fact that WebSphere v9.0 is no longer delivered via SMP/E, the Installation Manager needs to download the software components from a cloud-based repository. Because our z/OS system runs behind a firewall, the download fails miserably ;-...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Enable Account Lockout after 3 failed logins

Passwords are prune to Bruteforce attacks, an attacker can easily brute force the passwords as the password policy is weak andallows simple alpha numeric characters without any restriction of password length e.g.: admin, passetc.Account lockout me...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

Add a REFRESH SECUIRTY command like MQ uses to reload certs in WebSphere on Z

The same functionality MQ used to reload certificates I would like applied to WAS. Currently you have to cycle the WAS servers to bring in certificates when they expire or need to be updated.
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

Confirmation dialog box before stopping an cluster in console

In the WAS console, when we try to stop a cluster(s), we select the cluster, and click on Stop, and BOOM, the cluster stop gets initiated and there is no way for us to stop that process in case we have stopped it by mistake. In the case of Applica...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Log aggregation of repeated application runtime exceptions

This request is for improvement in WebSphere logging and tracing. Log aggregation of repeated application run time exceptions so that logs are not filled and rolled over. This is similar to FFDC logs where repeated exception stacks are not printed...
about 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

Default automatic collection of PMI counters

This requirement is for identifying root cause correctly and proactively for complex WebSphere issues. We need automatic collection of performance measurements indicator data 24x7. This is similar to how we have sar report for Linux. We do not wan...
about 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration