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Administration & Configuration

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Configuring the SEAS to only respond with (UserID & Destination Indicator) in response to SSP and forward the Authentication request (Password/SSH Key) aganist/to Sterling integrator local store?

The process/flow will follow the below steps from (User to SSP to SEAS to SI) Step 1 - User Authentication request comes from SSP layer to SEAS; Step 2 - SEAS validates the user against connected AD and return only "UserID/Username && Dest...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

SEAS Validating ISAM Token

Currently SEAS has the ability to integrate with IBM product ISAM ( IBM security access manager ) and authenticate the userid and password provided by SSP. In this case SEAS generates SSO Token after successful authentication. Customer requirement...
over 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Add REST API for the RUN TIME information

REST API for the RUN TIME details (Connect, Validate, Invalidate, Generate, etc.,) will be helpful and simplify the integration with other systems.
about 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add "Session ID" for SEAS authentication attempts

In a high-traffic system it can be difficult to determine which log entries in the seas logs are related to a given authentication attempt. Currently we're forced to grep / search for the specific username /timeframe and then manually parse throug...
over 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Properly document SEAS

There are many screens in SEAS UI that are not documented at all or fully.
about 1 year ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Retry option in SEAS for any connection failures with LDAP server.

The retry option will take care of any internal connection failure instead of sending connection error for external partners/vendors.
over 1 year ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for SEAS

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSPcm, Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
over 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

SEAS CRL and use of cached CRL

Enable SEAS to be configured in the UI to allow the cached CRL to be used after the refresh interval has expired. In the current setup, unchecking 'Reject expired CRL' does so, but also fails authentications at the end of the refresh interval.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Admin User ID Creation Automation specifically for SEAS.

System : SEASActor: User needing automated Admin User id on-boarding. SEAS presently we have to use Java Thick client to log in and create Admin users. As part of the firm-wide initiative they need the Admin users on-boarding/off-boarding to be au...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

User group filter with & (and)/ |(or) and return attribute customisation

To implement PEM SSO current PEM can only use custom attribute / attribute with which can only return one string. Expected output as mentioned below.Sample output user role: </property><property><name>role</name><value&g...
over 2 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration