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Disable password decryption using wsadmin.sh command

Encrypted Admin password saved in soap.client.props file can be easily decrypted using below wsadmin commands. This has been flagged as a security concern by Citi Security team. We are requesting to disable this feature so that decrypting WebSpher...
17 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

Add WAS z/OS support up to Db2 z/OS v13 FL50x for the sibDDLGenerator.sh script

The full details and background, etc., can be found in the Support Case TS017121234 The DDL produced by the WAS z/OS sibDDLGenerator.sh script is no longer valid; this manifested itself during our testing with Db2 v12 z/OS at FL504. Furthermore, t...
17 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

AES256 product enhancement for twas on password encoding

twas 8.5.5 and twas 9 doesnt have support for AES-256 encryption of passwords. Presently supports only AES-128 encryption. Need help to enhance this password encryption/encoding of AES to 256 bits/keylength. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was/9.0.5?t...
4 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Explore the possibility of using ZERTJSSE on WAS

We are trying to configure WASv9 to make use of the ZERTJSSE provider and please note this is a continuation from the instructions obtained via previous case TS013670650. Subsequently we have opened a new case TS017440083 which the IBM support has...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

WebSphere ND Primary FID (wasinternaluser) should disable in console (not from backend)

We are the internal WebSphere ND engineering team at Citi, responsible for automating end-to-end installations across the global Citi network, encompassing over 10,000 servers. Approximately one year ago, Citi's security team raised concerns regar...
4 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

For WebSphere Application Server to support LDAP Channel Binding for end user authenticaion

Using Enble the LDAP Channel binding will help us to end user authention in IBM Websherer Application Server and its proves more secure in centralized authentication mechanism.
30 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

WebSphere Application Server Support for HashiCorp Vault usage

Our organization mandates the use of HashiCorp Vault to store and retrieve passwords. For Applications hosted on WebSphere Application Server, there is no direct support to make use of HashiCorp Vault to store/retrieve database password as part of...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

Allow IBM HTTP Server behind a proxy/LB that performs SSL offloading to become aware that the original request uses https

In a situation where IHS is behind another proxy/LB that performs SSL offloading, it would be beneficent to implement a behavior similar to WAS, to check a http header defined by the web container custom property 'httpsIndicatorHeader' to know tha...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

To provide a 'relocate' function in Installation Manager

My client has a long history of using Installation Manager (IM) to set up WebSphere application servers (WAS). They take the IM default locations of 'Agent data location' and 'Shared resources directory.' Over the years, these directories have acc...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

WebSphere OpenID Connect Relying Party - Could you please add client_assertion as an authentication method?

Current Situation: We are using the IBM supplied replying party plugin with Microsoft Entra: Component name: OpenID Connect Relying Party TAI TAI class name: com.ibm.ws.security.oidc.client.RelyingParty Version: 9.0 f5192405.01 This combination al...
4 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

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