PM30605: AppScan Standard/Express does not capture image requests when recording a login sequence.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Rational AppScan Standard/Express Edition 8.0 and 8.0 iFix
  001 does not record image requests during the recording of a
  login sequence.
  
  The default is not to record images, and this works exactly as
  intended. However if the 'Images' category under Scan
  Configuration ? Exclude Paths and Files ? Exclude File Types, is
  deselected image requests should be included but are not.
  
  The workaround to this issue is to set the
  'OldLoginAnalysisHeuristics' advanced option to True (Tools ?
  Options ? Advanced) and also to de-select 'Images' from Scan
  Configuration ? Exclude Paths and Files.  Once both these are
  done, AppScan will capture image requests as part of the login
  sequence recording.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  The problem was that the instruction not to include images
  existed in two locations, one of which was not configurable
  by the user.
  

Problem conclusion

• Added a new Advanced Configuration option (Session
  Management: Login Content Type Filter) to control which
  content types are filtered out of the login sequence. This
  is independent of the Exclude Paths and Files settings,
  which applies to the scan in general, but not to the login
  sequence.
  
  This is fixed in Rational AppScan Standard 8.0.0.2.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL APPSCAN ST

• Fixed component ID

  5724T5900

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSN

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