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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...

Sterling Secure Proxy

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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/...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Is a defect

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 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration

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 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

BKFS - SSP Account Unlock

Ability to unlock SFTP accounts through the GUI for SSP
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

REST API to delete one user or entry from a user store instead of deleting the whole userstore

No description provided
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Onboarding 0 Future consideration

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

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

Create Config File Separate From Base Files

Each business might have specific needs on how they want the product to preform and may tune their installations differenently from the base install. There should be a way for that to happen without those changes being over written each time they ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Increase the Secure Proxy Alternate Destinations list from 3 to N+ (7 or more)

Our customers have multiple sites that host their CD endpoints and are connected through SSP. We would like the number of Destination Addresses in the CD Netmap configuration increased to support a larger number of alternate addresses. Based on cu...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Connect Direct Certificate Renewal is shown as successful though it is unsuccessful

When the license renewal of Connect:Direct certificate is unsuccessful, no message is shown on GUI or logs. When IBM support is contacted, they replied that the correct logs will be captured in debug mode. As an interim measure, IBM support asked ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 0 Is a defect