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PINNED OpenAPI schema validation including headers
Currently to schema validate a REST based API in DataPower you have to extract the JSON schema from the OpenAPI file and then code manually code the individual header checks defined in the OpenAPI file Would be a vast improvement to be able to j...
PINNED supports ECDH-ES algorithms for JWE
Debit or credit card tokenizers (THALES / VISA / Etc.) implement JWE with ECDH as an encryption mechanism for sensitive data in the different flows applicable to wallets such as Apple Pay, GPay, etc. given its wide diffusion and easy adoption.

DataPower Gateway

Add Probe filter on backend url

Case Scenario : if we have content/payload based routing which means we have different backend urls but same incoming URI, in that case we won't be able to capture it as there is no filter available now in DP on outbound/backend url ? This feature...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway 1 Functionality already exists

Configure multiple Kerberos KDC Servers on 'Configure Kerberos KDC Server' page

DataPower cannot point to multiple Kerberos KDC servers which is a risk for High Availability. Please consider adding this feature. Location on GUI is "Objects > Crypto Configuration > Kerberos KDC Server.
9 months ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Under review

Allow TCP connection when DP backside calls DP frontside over a external loadbalancer (e.g. for wrapper APIs)

We have the necessity to call another Gateway provided API from within an API (wrapper API). For reasons of continuity those requests should have the same URL, as a client request. We are working with external load balancer, so DNS resolves to loa...
about 3 years ago in DataPower Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Keeping the option to switch between new and old webgui due to performance issues

We are currently experiencing significant performance issues with the new WebGUI. It would be very important to have the option to switch between the two GUIs and set a preferred default until these issues are resolved. Several teams manage around...
9 months ago in DataPower Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Enable Context Variables for parse Policy

Currently it is not possible to use Context Variables as described in Variable references in API Connect - IBM Documentation. This behavioral limits the usage of the parse policy in user-defined policies because we must always use max values. This...
10 months ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Under review

A DataPower service using kerberos authentication in AAA policy is producing huge log every day.

The service uses Kerberos authentication in AAA policy. Every first transaction of the Kerberos authentication process/steps in that service is failing with “AAA Authentication Failure” error and responds with HTTP 401 to the client. This is happe...
over 6 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Improve logging for the TLS Proxy Service

We very often have to use TLS Proxy Services for non-HTTP use cases. This service type is quite simple to configure, but unfortunately it logs almost nothing which hinders troubleshooting. We therefore propose to log more information for TLS Proxy...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Option to control Payload compression and decrompression in APIGW Object

Same like MPGW, If we have the option to control the payload compression/decompression for the Api's whichever processing via APIGW object it will help us when we have the large payloads from the backend to process smoothly via Datapower Api Gateway.
10 months ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Support "Log Timestamp Precision" for all log target types

DataPower does not yet support the "Log Timestamp Precision" property for all log target types. In some cases the usage of the Zulu timestamp format might be a workaround but this does not apply for NFS.
over 6 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Global Password Alias Update (All domains)

We would like to be able to update a password alias in all domains. When a new domain is created, all password map aliases are created in the new domain, however, you are unable to update those password aliases without going into each domain.
about 5 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration