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    Actions after a file is copied to a Azure Blob

    As soon as the file is copied to connect direct and is persisted in a BLOB Object Store in Azure, customer needs to move/copy this file to another path/blob and/or delete this file directly from the cdp as a sysopt or some kind of task, but not us...
    8 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Submitted

    Ability to select TLS 1.2 and TLS1.3 both for a node.

    Currently Sterling Secure Proxy has the ability to support mixed mode of TLS 1.1,TLS 1.2. We have some partners who need to move to TLS 1.3 where as other continue to use TLS 1.2. Hence need the ability to select mixed mode of TLS 1.2,TLS1.3 .
    2 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

    Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

    In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
    2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7 Planned for future release

    Certify NetApp S3 Object Storage with Connect:Direct

    Usage of Non-AWS S3 based object storage is increasing with NetApp NAS filers being amongst the leaders in this space.
    25 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Functionality already exists

    Sterling Secure Proxy HSM Integration to store TLS certificate encryption key only

    Many organizations use SSP for TLS sessions termination and authenticate clients in presentation zone. The volumes would be high in general, with HSM integration and security mandates each TLS connection has to communicate with HSM for TLS offload...
    29 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Under review

    CDWS API for the update Key Certificates with certificate path

    Currently The API /cdwebconsole/svc/securepluskeycertificate is looking for "certificateData": "", which needed certificate content to be copied but it would be good if the API allows us to provide the certificate and use it.
    24 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Future consideration

    API required in CDWS for cfgcheck

    Currently, CD UNIX provides the cfgcheck script, which validates the following configuration files: initparm.cfg userfile.cfg netmap.cfg Default_Config.json This script performs validation and reports any configuration issues, including duplicate ...
    27 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Future consideration

    Sterling Secure Proxy to sign Login SAML request

    Presently IBM Sterling Secure proxy sends a SAML request to external Idp using SSO Configuration in SSP. The Login SAML request is not adding the signature but the logout request is adding the signature in SAML request from SSP. From our security ...
    9 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release

    Connect:Direct limitation retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories.

    Connect:Direct has a known limitation when retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories. If you attempt to retrieve ( GET ) a file located in a specific subfolder within a bucket (e.g., /folder1/file), and the user does not have permission to ac...
    6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 2 Future consideration

    Request for Enhancement (RFE): Alternative User Exit Options in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP)

    Request for Enhancement (RFE): Alternative User Exit Options in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) 1. Introduction This document proposes an enhancement to IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) to include support for alternative user exit options beyond th...
    about 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Future consideration

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