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Sterling B2B Integrator

PQC integration of Sterling B2BI

Quantum safe PQC algorithms (like Kyber,Dilithium etc.) must be supported and added to Sterling. Quantum resistant methods offer using hybrid cryptography ( using both non-quantum and quantum methods together) TLS 1.3 is needed but it is not only ...
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security Submitted

Add ability to disable Active Mode FTP in FTP Server Adapter Configuration

Our network and security teams would prefer that we can disable the ability for clients to make Active Mode FTP connections. The ability for this leads to more complex firewall arrangements, and less standardisation of the network traffic in the o...
8 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration Submitted

Autonomous Cellular Repair Network (ACRN)

Autonomous Cellular Repair Network (ACRN) Missing Link: We can detect disease, but we don’t have real-time autonomous repair systems at the cellular level. Core Idea: An AI-controlled nanomedical network that detects cellular damage and deploys ta...
9 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications Submitted

Enabling the Compatibility of HSM with FIPS mode turned on in SI.

Enabling FIPS mode is an industry-standard best practice and ensures the application’s compliance with established security guidelines. To further strengthen the security posture, integration with an HSM is recommended so that private keys are sec...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security Submitted

Adding multiple host identity keys in SFTP Server adapter

Hello Team, In the SFTP server adapter, the host identity key dropdown currently allows selection of only a single key for key exchange. However, to ensure successful connections across different client configurations, there is a requirement to su...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration Submitted

Increase the length of passwords accepted in the trading partner transports

A partner came to us and asked us to add basic auth header to our RosettaNet profile. The new value was 128 characters long. When we went to add it to the transport, we got the error ORA-12899: value too large for column "SI_USER"."SCI_TRANSPORT"....
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications Submitted

Sterling Software's support for Amazon RDS for DB2

The customer is currently using Sterling OMS (10.0.2209) and Sterling B2B Integrator (6.1.2.0). The database is DB2 Enterprise Server Edition (v11.5.8.0). The infrastructure uses AWS EC2. Sterling is used as the core system for supply chain operat...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

Add native support in the IBM B2B Integrator Helm chart for creating multiple ingress resources with independent ingress classes, hosts, TLS settings, and routing rules.

Many enterprise Kubernetes environments require separate ingress controllers for internal and external traffic—for example, exposing API endpoints publicly while keeping ASI/AC endpoints internal.The current IBM B2B Integrator Helm chart generates...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

Single Kafka producer instance for multiple file processing

Hi Team, With current setup(Kafka produce Service), we are able to push one message/doc at time for each produce instance which in terms needs multiple kafka produce session opened and closed. For high volume flow this impacts system performance a...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance Submitted

Request Oauth 2.0 Modern Authentication support for SMTP Send Adaptor

Our business, KraftHeinz, legacy SMTP Relay will be deprecated by the end of 2026. We need to transition to Modern Authentication for SMTP prior to that.
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security Submitted

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