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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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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...
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    Export Type Field Visibility

    If I'm not mistaken, a non-admin user is unable to see what fields are included in an export type except by looking at Export History to see past exports. I think it would be useful if they could see what fields are included in an export type or, ...
    5 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

    Integrated CDWS for CD Unix

    No description provided
    10 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 2 Future consideration

    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...
    17 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

    Support for Arbitrary User ID in IBM Connect:Direct Container Images

    Modify the Connect:Direct container image to enable running it with a random UID. OpenShift Security Context Constraints (SCCs) assign random user IDs at runtime while maintaining group ID 0 (root group) for security purposes. This security model...
    19 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

    Test compatibility windows server 2025 and SSP

    Our organization want to migrate from windows server 2019 to windows server 2025 by 4th quarter of 2026
    about 1 month ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 2 Future consideration

    AI-Powered Resource Prediction and Proactive App Health Check

    Connect:Direct to predicts system resource shortages and to proactively monitors application health to prevent performance degradation and file transfer failures before they occur. By analyzing historical patterns and real-time telemetry across CP...
    about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Future consideration

    AI-Powered Anomaly Detection and Intelligent Recommendations

    CD to have AI-driven anomaly detection and intelligent recommendations to help enterprises proactively identify irregularities in mission-critical data transfers and resolve them before they impact business operations.
    about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Future consideration

    Logs retain for compliance requirement

    CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) guidelines mandate that entities like service providers, data centers, and corporations must maintain logs of their ICT systems securely within India for a minimum, rolling period of 180 days, and ...
    about 1 month ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

    specifying also issuing CA name of client authentication certificates in remote nodes

    when I define a certificate common name for client authentication in a Remote Node, there's no possibility to add the name of issuing certificate authority. this means that authentication will be successful for 2 or more different certificates wit...
    about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

    Lightweight container option for CDU/CDW

    Enterprise customers often have many hundreds of C:D nodes which are installed on application servers so that they can exchange files for/with the applications. This causes challenges for evergreening due to change management requirements with the...
    about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Future consideration

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