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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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Sterling Secure Proxy

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SSP Custom User Roles

Right now SSP currently allows for two user roles (Admin, Operator)within the application. We would like to be able to create custom roles based on specific user requirements so exact permissions can be assigned.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Future consideration

Make Sterling Secure Proxy perform DNS resolution at the connection time

Currently SSP Engines only perform DNS lookups when the configuration is loaded from the configuration manager. This should be changed so that DNS resolution is performed at the time of a connection, when a node's configuration is accessed.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Not under consideration

SCC needs a configuration reporting function

SCC needs a configuration reporting feature that allows users to determine the way in which objects are configured. Auditing of the application is an incredibly tedious process of checking every screen for every configuration item in the applicati...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Utility option to a view only mode for SSP configuration

Currently the only way to view a configuration (Adapter, netmap,policy, etc ) is to open it for editing. This causes unnecessary riskto accidentally make changes of production configurations.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Key Expiry Notification and Secure+ Enabled

Sterling Secure Proxy Administration of Certificate Expiry and Secure+ Enabled View
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Please provide an option to retrieve or reset the admin password.

We require a solution to reset or recover the SSP CM admin password, which is essential for exporting and importing configurations across various environments.
11 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Configure Adapter to blacklist user-ids

Hi Team, IBM Sterling Secure Proxy Configuration Manager must have an option at adapter-level to blacklist user-ids. Expectation: By default the incoming traffic [Protocol: SFTP] does prompt for a password. Business Security admins are increasingl...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Add the setting in SSP or PS can redirect incoming traffic to a different adapter after the adapter reaches its maximum session limit

For sftp clients from our external clients, their TCP sessions remain ESTABLISHED even though after users logoff. As a result, the Maximum Session limit of the SFTP adapter will be reached frequently. However, even though the session limit is reac...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 2 Planned for future release

Extend REST API to return adapter status

In Secure Proxy GUI you can examine the status of the adapters by going to Monitoring-> Engine Status(ALL) -> Engine Name and see whether each adapter is running. This functionality is not present in the REST API. You can lookup the configur...
8 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration

Support HP-UX B.11.31 for SSP 6.1

Could you please provide support for SSP 6.1 on HP-UX B.11.31? A customer in the financial industry needs us to support SSP 6.1 on HP-UX B.11.31 because HPE offers the extended support for B.11.31 until Dec 2028. https://www.hpe.com/jp/ja/servers/...
9 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Not under consideration

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