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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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Ability to HOLD data at IBM during customer's maintenance window and RELEASE it after maintenance (SAP ALE Connections)

Couple of protocols like CD allows IBM to HOLD inbound data during customer's maintenance/outage window and release it when their system is back to normal. We don't have similar "HOLD" mechanism with other protocols like SAP ALE adapter. For Proto...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 6 Delivered

Capture correct HTTP response document and display it back in INFLIGHT portal for the HTTP Protocol connections

Need a small enhancement from GIODE protocol squad to properly capture correct HTTP response document and display it back in INFLIGHT portal . This is critical for Berkshire Project with a go-live date of 03/29/2022.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 2 Delivered

API Communication Protocol Enhancements in relation to Transfer Attributes passed to GIODE

Action 1: Enhance the /payloads API to produce XML output based on the ‘Accept’ header. Respond with a 200 status for application/xml and application/json requests. Action 2: Limit the overall payload size for /payloads to 4MB and the size of a si...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Delivered

Ability to Scan Files for Viruses in the DMZ before arrival in Secure Zone

Need a facility to contact a server via ICAP to scan files (similar to how QuickFile) works. This can be achieved by installing SSP perimeter servers on the virus server in its zone and have SSP engines leverage a persistent connection between the...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Delivered

SSP should support in integrating with other 3rd party Malware checking products using ICAP

SSP should support in integrating with other 3rd party Malware checking products using ICAP protocol similar to what DataPower supports today.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 3 Delivered

Native support for DLP to manage sensible data

Customer would like to have in SSP a feature to connect with their DLP solution based on ICAP protocol to avoid that sensible data be sent outside of their organization without permission.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 4 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Sterling Secure Proxy

No description provided
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Delivered

Block users from attempting authentication at the Secure Proxy level

We have a Secure Proxy engine that is exposed to the internet. As such we are subjected to a large number of "probing" login attempts from usernames such as "root", "admin", etc. All of our login attempts are passed to a Sterling External Authenti...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

SFTP Ciphers Enhancement Required

TP sent out notification saying, "CTR encryption cipher suites for SSH will no longer be supported. Transmission disruptions may be experienced if updates are not made. If you connect to Host-to-Host through SFTP to the transmissions.jpmorgan.com ...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Delivered

Add SSL Support between Sterling Secure Proxy Configuration Manager / Engine and WebSphere MQ

Security mandates that all the connections need to be secured. WebSphere MQ supports SSL but not SSP CM / SSP Engine, adding this functionality allows meeting the newer security requirements.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Delivered