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Security

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Single Sign-on (SSO) with SAML or OIDC authentication is required for the Sterling User Interfaces (UIs), including C:D, SSP, SEAS, SFG, SCCM and SCCD. Migration from a legacy LDAP connection to a federated (SAML or OIDC) connection is required for all UIs, by US Federal Agencies.

This is required to comply with US Federal Security requirements mandated to all US Federal Agencies.
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct

TLS v1.3 was recently released, and we would like to see it added to Connect:Direct w/Secure+ as an available security option for all platforms that support it.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Delivered

Password Vault Support for Connect Direct for Windows

IT Security forbids the use of static passwords and mandates that they are changed periodically.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Connect:Direct Win/Unix Interface to Cyberark or other Priviledged Account Solutions

If a PAM-tool like Cyberark is in use, users don't have real logon-credentials for Windows- or Unix-Server any more; these are maintained by Cyberark.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Delivered

Certificate CRL check for Sterling Connect:Direct

It's not practical to use SEAS for certificate CRL check for Connect:Direct in a large enterprise environment where there are thousands of Connect:Direct nodes. Query-based CRL check via SEAS could greatly degrade the performance of Secure+ file t...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Delivered

Add LDAP binding to containerized CDU

Containerized CDU doesn't support LDAP binding attributes below in sssd.conf using values.yaml parameter : ldap_default_bind_dn = cn=testers,ou=test,o=abc,dc=xyz,dc=com ldap_default_authtok_type = bind123 ldap_default_authtok = bind
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Delivered

S+ installation: auto-fill parmfile passphrase

There is no need to fill in a passphrase that will never be typed again. The installation process should automagically create a passphrase instead.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Delivered

Connect Direct File Agent: Encryption and Decryption of keystore and truststore password

To setup client certifcate authentication for the File Agent, keystore and truststore passwords are required to be specified in clear text either on the command line or in a .lax file. Since the passwords are in clear text, this creates a security...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Allow Certificate-Based Authentication to Connect:Direct AIJ

Allow Connect:Direct to authenticate to Control Center using Kerberos.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Auditing Feature to iSeries C:D

Good Afternoon, i would like to see the auditing feature in your current product Sterling Gentran being added to Sterling Connect Direct.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 0 Delivered

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