SECURITY SSL for LDAP database directory entry Merged

Large institutions mostly are using Windows on their client PCs and servers. These large institutions which are using Db2 are also normally using LDAP in Microsofts active directory to avoid that the user must catalog the Db2 servers and databases by theirself. This minimizes administration overhead massivly for the users and the IT staff. These days there are more and more security and legal requirements like DORA(EU digital operational resilience act) which requires financial corporations to protect their data. One way to protect the data is to encrypt communication through SSL. Db2 offers this type of communication and the use of Microsoft Windows Certificate Store (option SSL_[CLNT|SVR]_KEYDB GSK_MS_CERTIFICATE_STORE). What Db2 does not offer is the combination of SSL and LDAP under Windows because it currently does not support the keyword AUTHENTICATION SSL in the command CATALOG LDAP DATABASE. This is a big problem because if you want to use the standard Windows mechanism holding certificates in the Windows Certificate Store you cannot use LDAP. That would mean that all users have to catalog servers and databases by hand on their Db2 clients when they want to use SSL for the communication between client and server. This would be a major step back and would be unnecessary administrative overhead! JWT authentication or GSSAPI plugin are not an option for us. So please provide the option AUTHENTICATION SSL for CATALOG LDAP DATABASE that your customers can use LDAP and SSL which is currently not possible. This would be a great help and your customers would be thankful!