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Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
12 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Future consideration

Need more access methods other than SAS token in transfer from Sterling Integrator to Azure Blob Storage

We are currently looking into the options for the Sterling to Blob write options with the newly available Object Store Client Adapter as mentioned below. Object Store Client Adapter - IBM Documentation With the setup provided in the guidance, we c...
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 5 Future consideration

Connect:Direct limitation retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories.

Connect:Direct has a known limitation when retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories. If you attempt to retrieve ( GET ) a file located in a specific subfolder within a bucket (e.g., /folder1/file), and the user does not have permission to ac...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 2 Future consideration

Multi-Factor Authentication for Sterling Integrator 6.x

Requesting Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Sterling Integrator 6.x Dashboard console log in. Currently, the application allows to create account locally or integrated with AD. Requesting MFA to add another layer of security and authentication.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

S3 support for Linux on Power.

I would like to kindly request that S3 support be extended to IBM Sterling Connect:Direct versions running on Power systems. Many of our clients use Power platforms and are in need of this feature to meet their integration requirements.
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

Add Transfer Method in use (Text or Binary) for CDW and CDU

During our transfers from remote partners, we are frequently called to assist others with translation and file transport issues. Many of our remote users are unaware of the CD processes in use and how they function. We need to have the ability to ...
29 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Support for JMS 2.0

Currently, in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator version 6.2.0, the supported JMS version is 1.1, and it's at its End of Life (surpassed by version 2.0). We are restricted by the Compliance and Security Team from using older versions of products or th...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Future consideration

Protect usage of the 'decrypt_string.sh|cmd' command

The database password stored in sandbox.cfg can be encrypted, but the facility to decrypt it is readily available within the installation (i.e. "decrypt_string.cmd|sh"). A user with access to the SFG installation directory would therefore not have...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 4 Future consideration

To install Connect:Direct on Kubernetes using OpenShift Restricted SCC

When operating in Connect Direct for Unix operating in Standard User Mode, the SCC allows the following capabilities and SETUID and SETGID requires Privilege Escalation. The customer request the Privilege Escalation to be false. The product should...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Future consideration

Native PGP needs to support AEAD(Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) cipher

Our multiple finance customers requesting to support for AEAD cipher in PGP in file transfers. We are using Native PGP which is bundled in B2Bi/SFG. Current Native PGP adheres to RFC 4880 which doesn't support AEAD. We need AEAD support in product...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

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