SBOM Manager needs to connect to the URL https://sam.casthighlight.com/ for SBOM Manager to work.
Details
User should whitelist https://sam.casthighlight.com/ This site is the connection to the CAST databases that has SCA information about components analyzed by SBOM.
How to Whitelist?
Firewall Whitelisting
Add https://sam.casthighlight.com to the firewall’s allowlist.
Ensure that HTTPS traffic (port 443) is not blocked for this domain.
Network Security Policies
If the customer has a web filtering solution (like Zscaler, Palo Alto, Cisco Umbrella), they should verify that this domain is not categorized under blocked categories (e.g., “Software Downloads” or “Unknown”).
The security team may need to allow traffic explicitly for the CAST Highlight service.
Proxy Configuration
If the machine uses a proxy, customer should ensure that the url is whitelisted by the proxy team in proxy settings. They may need to allow authentication through the proxy or configure an exception for the required domain.
Ticket
51404, 51115, 48671, 51639
Related Articles/Documents
CAST SBOM Manager UserGuide.pdf
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