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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on May 13, 2026

Outbound traffic (AOS, callhome) through Proxy must be able to be inspected.

Proxy Security controls dictate that all network traffic leaving the organization must be inspected, controlled and managed.

If there is a way to safely do this on all traffic (using certificates or any other way) to have the traffic decrypted for inspection we'd like to have the option to do so.

DS8 offers this possibility in their Proxy configurations for CallHome and AOS.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    May 13, 2026

    No action required. This is the same as the DS8K approach, the AOS team has already provided JPMC with the required certificates for installation on proxies. Closing this item.