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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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BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for SSP

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSP, and Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

SEAS UI Password Recovery

There is no way to recover the admin password for the SEAS UI in SEAS 2.4.3.2 iFix 6 build 208. Users cannot manage certificate renewal updates if they cannot login to the UI.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

BKFS - SSP GUI Visibility

No GUI visibility for account locks over SFTP at proxy level
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Add GCM Encryption Algorithm

Currently while configuring the AS2 profile for partners, the only encryption algorithms allowed are DES, RC2 and AES. We need the GCM ciphers also to be made available on the dropdown for "Encryption Algorithm"
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Limit CM-BACKUP to Defined Number of Backups

This would benefit all users of SSP who have the configuration managers set to backup on startup within the System Settings CMSystemSettings global tab. Right now SSP creates an unlimited number of backup. This requires users to run separate scrip...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Adapter Containers: Allow container-specific JVM arguments

Right now, if you want to add custom JVM arguments to adapter containers (say for JVM monitoring), this is done via the Performance Tuning wizard. The wizard provides only one field for custom JVM arguments, which are then applied to all adapter c...
over 7 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

MyFileGateway Password Policy, expiry prompt and password reset functionality for external users (i.e. LDAP via SSP/SEAS)

Ability to notify password expiry to the external users (i.e. LDAP user) via MFG Ability for external users to be able to reset their LDAP passwords via the MFG UI. Ability to relay the LDAP password policy to the external users via MFG Enforce LD...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Functionality already exists

Password less and password based authentication

Problem: We have trading partners using one CDNode that may have aCDProcess using either snodeid=(id,password) or snodeid=(id) or nosnodeID. When a snodeid=(id,password) is sent, we use SEAS goingto a Directory Server. The backend server is B2Bi a...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 0 Future consideration

SSP Welcom Page *make change to force 1st time users to change password.

Looking for solution in SSP welcome page for HTTPS users to be forced to change password on initial login. Current versions don't account for attribute in LDS/AD if the account is defined with attribute of expired.. Allowing the user / password to...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Future consideration

Create Upgrade/Migration Process for SSP Engines/CMs

The SSP CM and Engines currently have to be on the same point release to function. This prevents a customer with a large installation base from gradually upgrading their environment. We have one CM with cold fail over and as many as 24 Engines att...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration