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Forward Proxy to support fetching private key from B2Bi

The existing feature only support to fetch the Private key from LDAP which will be use as identity key when a connection is being initiated to remote user from SSP. This enhancement is to support a mechanism to fetch the user identity key(private ...
4 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Submitted

User identity (certificate/key) renewal is complex

user identity key renewal activity is very complex, whenever we renewal SSH keys renewal, we need to share SSH keys with Third parties and then update at the Partner level which is too much time taking. Is there any other better approach where we ...
3 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Submitted

SSL Configuration Segregation – Protocol Wise (SSP)

We see all protocol (HTTPS, FTPS & Connect Direct) SSL configuration under same page ( credentials --> SSL configuration) which seems very confusing while configuring SSL. And also we are finding hard to update SSL configuration in case if ...
4 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Submitted

SSP should have a setting to configure "allowlist" usernames which should accept regex express for allowed user names

The SSP must provide a setting to configure, such as a **"Users Allowlist"**, where we can set up a list of usernames and/or a regular expression. This configuration should ensure that the SSP allows connections only from those users that match th...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Possibility for SSP to alter some parameters for incoming HTTP connections before forming new connection to B2Bi

Hi Prashant, Yes, you are correct. Client connects to SSP and then SSP breaks the connection and makes a new connection from SSP to backend server (B2B). The session ID remains the same in both connection i.e inbound (cleint to SSP ) and outbound ...
14 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Submitted

Maximum Logins per user sessions settings configuration in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy Adaptor level

Currently in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy configuration manager at adapter level there is configuration for Maximum Sessions. We are looking for configuration for Maximum Logins" per user.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Planned for future release

Automate certificate management

TLS cert life spans are going to become very short by 2029 (https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days). This effectively means that everyone who uses Sterling file transfer products will have to have...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Planned for future release

Signature parameter to SEASCustomExitInterface class

Hi Team, To perform actual authentication, the client sends a signature generated using the private key. It is a SSH signature verification. To perform signature verification, customer backend generic solution need the following data in the authen...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Planned for future release

Compliance Requirement

We have a requirement which needs your help with the possible solutions from the Sterling Secure Proxy application with minimal impact (post deployment). Here is the requirement: There is a portal called Connect portal where partners login with th...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Planned for future release

Allow SSP CM user role to be determined by an attribute returned by LDAP

This will allow privileges to be dynamic based on temporary elevation determined by group. Users do not need persistent Admin authority and SEAS could determine whether or not user should be admin or operator based on LDAP attribute
4 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

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