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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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Include ForgeRock Directory LDAP service to IBM officially supported list

We're using ForgeRock Directory service in LDAP and enabled HTTP password policy. But got an issue that the warming message will be changing randomly with multiple login attempted. case has been raised to IBM but they noticed that ForgeRock Direct...
4 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 4 Not under consideration

Adding Custom Metadata to ICAP Request

We have a need to add additional custom headers to the ICAP request, as our Icap solution does support a header called x-metadata that meets ICAP protocol standard. For the extra header based on the documents it is when a file is unscanned you can...
4 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Needs more information

Encrypt data in Memory

Sterling Secure Proxy engine in the DMZ stores the configuration data in the memory but in a plain text, this enhancement request is to encrypt the sensitive data in the memory so the information is protected from various external and internal thr...
7 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release

Support multiple replicas and autoscaling for SSP engine containers.

The engine component of SSP naturally lends itself to multiple replicas and scaling like this and it would be very useful for autoscaling to create additional engines on demand. I do realize that all the engines would have to be "pre-defined" on t...
4 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 2 Future consideration

Stream logs to AWS cloudwatch for better visibility.

Need logs streamed to cloudwatch so they can be monitored and acted upon using our visibility tools. We do not have direct access to the containers for checking logs and rely upon automated solutions to monitor activity in the cloud.
4 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 2 Future consideration

"Soft Stop" functionality for SSP engines for upgrading without service interruptions

Currently even though we have multiple SSP engines it isn't possible to perform a true "high availability" upgrade of the engines because anybody who is connected to an individual SSP engine will be disconnected when the engine is taken down for p...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 3 Future consideration

Google Drive Integration Adapter Service

To enable Sterling Integrator with the capabilities to handle Google Drive services using the out of box Sterling Adapter Services. Which enables to track, manage and handle the Google drive integration easier like other protocol specific file tra...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Future consideration

Support for with PostgreSQL

The request is for IBM Sterling B2B integrator and SFG to support PostgreSQL
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 6 Not under consideration

Support for Azure SQL DB Hyperscale

The ever-evolving cloud offerings require constant review of services and cloud cost management options. As our ebMS/AS4 solution using B2B products is a critical business application we need to ensure that we are using appropriate cloud native te...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Not under consideration

SFTP Client Adapter “ResponseTimeout” setting does not have the desired effect causing hung BP activity

SFTP Client Adapter “ResponseTimeout” setting does not have the desired effect causing hung BP activity Documentation Reference Links for B2BI 5.2.x/6.0.3/6.1.0: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS3JSW_5.2.0/com.ibm.help.svcs_adpts_m_z....
almost 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Future consideration