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Administration & Configuration

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Create Locally Authenticated Admin User via Command Line

In the event that our LDAP authentication fails for whatever reason is there any way via the command line to create a locally authenticated admin account so that we could logged back into the application GUI?
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

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 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Functionality already exists

SSP CD node configuration allow selection of multiple secure protocols to allow upshifting like CD for migration efforts

The CD node entry in an SSP netmap does not permit selecting multiple protocols in the Secure+ panel. This inhibits SSP from negotiating properly with CDs where more than one protocol is selected.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

RFE for SSP - User Lockout feature

SSP - User Lockout feature. SSP -> Credentials -> User Store -> User Lockout Threshold setting A user account is locked after a specified number of failed login attempts. The number of failed login attempts allowed is defined by the User ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Steling Secure Proxy new feature request for password reset/forgot password.

System : SSPActor: User needing to change a forgot password. SSP currently does not support forgot password or password reset self service functionality. Need to add this feature on SSP Description: During the initial on boarding of a partner id w...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Functionality to correctly support multiple SFTP policies in a netmap

We would like to be able to use several SFTP policy in a single netmap (Adapter) with differret SSH authentication method.It will avoid the usage of several adapapters for each authetication method.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Configuration managment needs to have a schedule and approval process

Changes made in the configuration management interface should require an approval process that could make an external call for validation if needed. This would require a scheduling function as well as an approval process.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Monitoring, Alerting and Reporting capabilities not available

Monitoring: The only way to investigate the status/traffic of a specific connection is accessing the Event and Audit log files located in the SSP server. This has a deep impact on the usability of the product making the operation activities of Sup...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future 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.
almost 7 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
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration