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Status Submitted
Workspace Sterling Secure Proxy
Categories Installation & Upgrade
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 15, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Enhance security and stability bu introducing Customer level session limit to safeguard performance.

The Proposal is to introduce customer level session rate limiting in SSP to enhance stability and security. We can add a enhancement by monitoring session creation rates per customer- identified bu login ID, certificate or IP-SSP can enforce configurable thresholds such as maximum number of new sessions within definied time window OR maximum concurrent sessions. If a customer exceeds the set limits, the system can block or throttle additional connections while generating alrets for admins or denial of service attempts, and ensure reliableaccess for trading partners and enhance the performance of the application

What is your industry? Banking
How will this idea be used?

This will be used at SSP layer by allowing admins to configure customer specific thresholds such as maximum number of concurrent sessions or the number of new sessions allowed within the defined time window. The SSP engine in DMZ will monitor incoming connections in real time, and if the customer sessions are exceed the configured limit, it will automatically block or generate alert. this will allow to enhance the application performance.

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