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Password Vault support for outgoing Connect Direct for Windows transfers

There is a need to execute Connect Direct transfers securely as a User/Functional ID managed through Password Vault.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 9 Future consideration

Support for SHA-3 cryptographic algorithms

to support the below emerging cryptographic algorithmsSHA-3, including ALL variants listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik: i/SHA-3#Instances
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 0 Future consideration

Passwordless connection to built-in local PostgreSQL

This enhancement should allow to use alternate access options to local PostgreSQL other than locally encrypted password to PostgreSQL user. Proposed solutions include: certificate-based authentication (preferred, if technically feasible) password ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Future consideration

IDoc Control Record must contain tag EDI_DC40_U for Foreign Language to be in readable format within the SAP Environment

Changing the Control Record EDI_DC40__ (__ equals two trailing spaces) to EDI_DC40_U (one space and a U). Which when exported to a single file the output is okay, but the very first field in the record is 300, so the output = "EDI_DC40_U300" the f...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Unicode support for SAP IDOC flatfiles

According to the PMR 69372,082,000, Gentran:Server for Windows does not support Unicode for SAP flatfile IDOCs. The enhancement request is to add Unicode support for SAP IDOCs that are created as flatfile format.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Usability 0 Future consideration

support the %U file name convention in process control

support the %U file naming convention in process control. The customer requests supporting %U in the File Name field (under the Command field which contains GDW_Audit_Rpt for example) in Process Control. Customer - Tommy Vinson tvinson@piolaxusa.com
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Other 0 Future consideration

Allow GSW to print to multiple printers in a non-distributed environment

Currently Gentran:Server for Windows only prints to the default printer (in a non-distributed environment). This request would allow the user to select any registered printer to print depending on the type of document to be printed. In addition th...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Ability to allow Control Center Director to update C:D / File Agent passwords

Many companies, especially financial institutions, have corporate security policies that require all application passwords be updated on a regular basis. In order to do this with the Connect:Direct (C:D) application, a human has to log in to the n...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Future consideration

NFS directory restrictions requires world execute permission

Root squash enabled NFS directories cause an issue with C:D requiring world execute permission on every directory in the path when using the upload/download directory parameters. We want to be able to use upload/download restrictions without havin...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Future consideration

Implement Secure UDP for Connect Direct File Agent

Our internal security standards want all traffic to be encrypted. Currently, File Agent uses standard UDP (SNMP) to send messages to Control Center. The goal is to have this traffic encrypted. We are being told that in a couple years the PCI DSS s...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

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