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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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Support Dynamic/Managed Passwords for Oracle Database Accounts in IBM Sterling Secure File Gateway (SFG)

1. Problem Statement Currently, IBM SFG requires static passwords for Oracle database accounts used for configuration, runtime, and audit data storage. This poses security and compliance challenges in environments that require: · Regular password ...
6 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Submitted

CDU/CDWS Container logging to standard output

It is common, standard and recommended practice for applications running in OpenShift and Kubernetes pods to log everything to standard output, rather than to log files. I understand that users can keep logs on shared non-ephemeral filesystems out...

Externalizing initparm.cfg configuration Using ConfigMaps and Secrets

In IBM Connect:Direct containerized deployments running on OpenShift, the initparm.cfg file is generated exclusively during the installation phase and is not designed for dynamic updates. As a result, configuring or modifying integrations with clo...
19 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Sterling B2B Integrator HSM Integration to store TLS certificate encryption key only

In Regulated and Banking Industry the private key/system certificates of Sterling B2B Integrator can't be stored in database and need to be integrated with HSM. For application with high volumes to communicate with HSM for TLS offloading which wou...
8 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Under review

Allow SSP CM user role to be determined by an attribute returned by LDAP

This will allow privileges to be dynamic based on temporary elevation determined by group. Users do not need persistent Admin authority and SEAS could determine whether or not user should be admin or operator based on LDAP attribute
6 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Enable full control of purge operations in UI without extra pod

Given our Openshift deployment pattern, it is not feasible in the Production environment to have to edit the helm values to change some purge parameters in either the cron or config map. All purge operations should be able to be handled within the...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Under review

Limit Company Dropdown in Modern Inflight to only Customer Type = Customer Values for IBMers

The Company dropdown in Modern Inflight needs to only show Customer Type = Customer values for IBMers users. Currently non-customer types are showing in the list as well and it makes the list too long
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Under review

Sterling Secure Proxy HSM Integration to store TLS certificate encryption key only

Many organizations use SSP for TLS sessions termination and authenticate clients in presentation zone. The volumes would be high in general, with HSM integration and security mandates each TLS connection has to communicate with HSM for TLS offload...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Future consideration

Single Version for ITX installation

With relation to : ITX-I-396 , to get the version of ITX , we use dtxver command. This command doesn't provide a version of the installation. It provides a version of each file in the directory it's run from. This is again a massive SDLC, complian...
17 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 0 Submitted

Urgent Fixes Delivery

Currently , in case of a critical security vulnerability and when we request a fix from IBM, we're given a list of files to replace in the product. This breaks almost every pillar of SDLC discipline. Traceability gaps, audit failures , operational...
18 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 0 Submitted