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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...
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...

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SEAS CRL to go through proxy connections

Enable SEAS to use a proxy connection when going out to check the CRL in order to avoid production incidents when an IP behind the CRL URL changes suddenly. Application server sits in a DMZ behind a firewall.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Delivered

Configuration to Choose Specific Protocol from Distribution Point CRL URL's

Configuration to Choose Specific Protocol from Distribution Point CRL URL's.

HTTP Proxy Support in SEAS

We are using SEAS to do CRL checking during C:D session setup. We are having difficulties keeping up with some Certificate Authorities. Here is the process as we understand it…1. The URL for CRL checking is pulled out of the certificate.2. SEAS ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Delivered

Load balancer IP Address in the log messages generated by inbound traffic should be suppressed

Provide a configuration which could suppress the Load balancer health check pings in the log files...

Better SSH Key matching functionality

Currently in order to perform SSH Key-based SFTP authentication for trading partners using SSP and SEAS we utilize the preconfigured "VerifySSHPublicKey" Attribute Assertion, defined as "{sshPublicKey_b64}" == "{attr[sshPublicKeyQuery].sshPublicKe...

Support for OCSP in SEAS

OCSP should be an alternative to use CRL /LDAP protocol for checking for revoked certiificates .

SEAS support for web proxy

Security has requested to enable the CRL check on file transfer service and the current network model does not allow any server to talk to internet directly without going through a proxy.

Cognos using ICC issued certificate

We are required to use certificates issued by Boeing Certificate Authority and not the certificate that is generated by ICC.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 3 Delivered

Control Center 6.0 and 6.1 - When will there be compatibility with Oracle Java 8?

When will Control Center be compatible with Oracle Java 8? I ask because our company has installed Java 8 in many of our environments because of security issues with Java 7. Control Center 6.0 and 6.1 are not compatible with Java 8. It does work t...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Delivered

Requesting Automated method of running configCC for a "silent" configuration following silent install for multiple machines

When installing SCC/IBM Control Center 6.1.0.0 on RHEL, I noticed that while there is a "silent" installation option that will allow for more automation, there is no corresponding option for configuration. Running the exportConfig script gets you ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 4 Delivered