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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
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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to store SSH keys on HSM - SSP

Barclays GIS team have requirement to store the SSH keys on HSM. We raised case "TS004170075" with IBM and got to know that currently SSP dont support this and requested to raise RFE for it. Currently we store the x509 certs into HSM and want same...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Not under consideration

More authentication mechanisms can be used for Sterling Secure Proxy to be monitored by SCC

In the Sterling Secure Proxy Configuration related documents, only the user/Password authentication mechanism to be used for the SSP to be monitored by the SCC. However this method might not be a good option, since the password can't be hold for a...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Not under consideration

Control logging of SSP CM monitoring messages

Messages are written to the auditlog.xml file (ACPT037I, ACPT040I and ACPT038I), as well as the sspengine.log file for the same activity. It is possible to reduce the frequency of these messages, but only to once every 10 minutes. It would be grea...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Future consideration

Adding 997 Ack status report on SPE which covers all status along with ExtraInfo1 and ExtraInfo2 data fields

As per the existing BPN Reporting we have multiple options to pull reports including the Externalinfo1, Externainfo2 fields reports which covers the Ackstatus of the outbound files including the success, failures and overdue. I have attached a scr...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Adding ExtraInfo1 and ExtraInfo2 onto SPE reports

I can see that the existing BPN Reports has options for running reports to get the ExteraInfo1 and ExtraInfo2 reports but the SPE Reporting has not been given with this option. We need this information as we are storing some of the important det...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Update Adapter log in SSP 6000 just as SSP343

To identify the IP or Subnet to be whitelisted. Hi Team, There is a difference in the way the IP/DNS are getting logged in the Adapter logs in SSP 6000 than SSP 343. This has become an issue as we are not able to differentiate between an IP/...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Is a defect

Timestamp for the .map/.mxl and the .txo are the same

User Logins into SPE or POD for loading maps.Search with Map Name , then click on Check out, Browser for .map and .txo and click Next,Select the latest map loaded and then click on Finish.Successfully loaded message is displayed.Alert/Notification...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Enhance authentication options for SSPCM API's

The SSPCM requires a username/password to be authenticated, requiring a static (or semi-static) password. This contravenes many organisations security policies designed to protect access. An alternate method of authentication would dismiss the r...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration

Add Release notes for 6.X in the format of 5.X

The Link - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS3JSW_5.2.0/nav_container_topics/sub_overview_release_notes.html used to provide complete details on what is changing in the version but for 6.X there is no update as such. This will help ...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Documentation 0 Is a defect

Define custom SSP CM user roles

Allow SSP administrators the ability to create custom CM User Roles in order to fine tune user's access right based on individual needs The current Roles(Admin and Operator) are to limiting. For example the Operator role can not review node defini...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration