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Status Future consideration
Workspace App Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 19, 2013

Support for encrypting Element contents (character data only) with Policy Sets

Policy Sets currently support only encryption of XML Elements only, which means that the element tag is encrypted as well.
Example from http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-core/#sec-eg-Element-Content-Character:

The current implementation of Policy Sets allows encrypting CreditCard/Number only like this:


Type='http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Content'>

A23B45C56




but not like this:



Type='http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Content'>

A23B45C56





Support for character data element content encryption could be implemented for example by supporting XPath text() function in Message Part Protection XPath Expressions.

MQSeries net topic: http://www.mqseries.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=65817

Idea priority Medium
RFE ID 43000
RFE URL
RFE Product IBM App Connect Enterprise (formerly IBM Integration Bus)
  • Admin
    Ben Thompson
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    May 12, 2022

    RFE Review. We have again reviewed this suggestion, and we remain surprised that the suggestion has not gathered more interest from the community. We feel that perhaps an implementation of this usecase requirement would be more user-friendly in a dedicated PGP Encryption node rather than needing a policy Set to achieve this … This could also be helpful in extending the scope beyond just XML data to bring in other domains. We will continue to monitor for comments and votes. Status is maintained as Future consideration.

  • Guest
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    Sep 23, 2020

    RFE Review. Apologies for the length of time this RFE has been in the status of Under Consideration. The MQSeries.net forum thread lends further value to understanding the scenario in play here. The restriction being faced is the lack of support in the product for the use of fully qualified XPath expressions where the namespace-uri is explicitly defined for each node (element), when used within the context of a Policy Set Message Part Protection expression. We agree that this enhancement would bring further value to the product, but also note that this suggestion has only received two votes since it was initially opened at the end of 2013. We will continue to monitor but this is unlikely to be prioritized soon without further displays of support. Status of the RFE is updated to Uncommitted Candidate.

  • Guest
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    Oct 7, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Integration
    Product - IBM Integration Bus (WebSphere Message Broker) - IIB

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Connectivity and Integration
    Product - IBM Integration Bus (WebSphere Message Broker) - IIB