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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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Sterling Secure Proxy

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Password Security Controls

Password security controls for SSP administrator interfaces using local authentication are not allow enough password security controls: Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings are minimal and don’t comply with the sec...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release

Inactive User Accounts Controls - Administrator Accounts

Application parameter settings that do not automatically disable and/or remove user accounts after a specified period of inactivity may result in unauthorized access, modification, destruction, and/or disclosure of confidential information.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Not under consideration

SSP Authentication APIs

SFG REST APIs could send/receive files however for the external trading partners this is not possible with SSP in between
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

Ability to see perimeter server status on SSP (i.e. monitioring - running/stopped)

Currently we're unable to see which perimeter servers are active on the Sterling Secure Proxy engines, this in turn can cause issues if duplicates are present. This would mimic the monitoring ability currently in place for adapters.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 0 Not under consideration

IP + User_Id whitelisting

SSP supports IP or User_Id whitelisting only but not a combo ( IP + User_id). We need to ability to whitelist IPs for a given User_id. This way, if a rouge employee left the firm but carries the user_id credential, he can't login from other locati...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Future consideration

SSP Custom User Roles

Right now SSP currently allows for two user roles (Admin, Operator)within the application. We would like to be able to create custom roles based on specific user requirements so exact permissions can be assigned.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Future consideration

Make Sterling Secure Proxy perform DNS resolution at the connection time

Currently SSP Engines only perform DNS lookups when the configuration is loaded from the configuration manager. This should be changed so that DNS resolution is performed at the time of a connection, when a node's configuration is accessed.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Not under consideration

SCC needs a configuration reporting function

SCC needs a configuration reporting feature that allows users to determine the way in which objects are configured. Auditing of the application is an incredibly tedious process of checking every screen for every configuration item in the applicati...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Not under 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

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