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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 ...

Enhancement to Display Full Configuration Names in Sterling Secure Proxy UI

Currently, in the Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) administrative UI, configuration object names (such as Netmaps, Policies, and Server definitions) are truncated due to fixed column widths. Users must click on each individual entry to view the full co...
1 day ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 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 ...
about 8 hours 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 ...

Test compatibility windows server 2025 and SSP

Our organization want to migrate from windows server 2019 to windows server 2025 by 4th quarter of 2026

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

Block traffic from an IP address, if rate of connections exceeds a configured value.

There should be a mechanism/setting in SSP where we can configure the maximum number of concurrent connections allowed from any IP. And if the number of connections exceed the maximum limit, the SSP should block any more connections from that IP a...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security Under review

Adapt SSP to the removal of "clientAuth EKU" from Public TLS certificat

By February 2027, public certificate authorities (CAs) will stop supporting TLS client authentication due to Chrome’s new root program rules. This will break connections to SSP servers for our customers which have enabled "Require Client Authentic...
15 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security Under review

Enable End to End Correlation ID Propagation for User Request Tracing for IBM B2Bi MyFileGateway users.

Our File Transfer Service provides capability to external bank users to upload download files through IBM MyFileGateway SSO through a multi‑hop authentication and file‑transfer flow involving identity, SSP proxy, perimeter, and B2Bi MyFileGateway ...

SSPcm API calling need password in API properties file

If we want to call the API in automated way then it wants us to provide the user name and password in API properties file in clear text format, mentioning passwords in clear text isn't allowed in our Organization. We need some utility via which we...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security Under review