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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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Native Variables in Connect:Direct Unix

We currently use some of the native Connect variables in: Windows for Windows, Windows for Mainframe, and Windows for UNIX. However, we need to use these same variables from a UNIX server and we are having problems. Examples:% SUBDATE1 and% SUBTIM...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Processes which are NOT OK should remain in TCQ

In most situations, where a process ends not OK, it is moved from TCQ to statistics, i. e. LSMG244I. Finding the original //SYSIN of the batchjob for repeating is difficult and time consuming. There should be a mechanism (exit, initparm, ...) to i...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Future consideration

Sterling Secure Proxy does not currently support the forward proxy

No description provided
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 4 Future consideration

Custom HTTP Headers Response for B2B Sterling Integrator Applications

Web Application Security is always evolving and new vulnerabilities and hardening futures are being created continously. Many of the vulnerabilities remediation are based of add parameters in the HTTP Response Header. For example: Content-Security...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

Inbound Logistics Shipment Tracking by Airway Master Number for logistics provider like DHL, AGILITY, KINTETSU,UPS HEAVY WEIGHT

Tracking of Shipment containers from the suppliers(premises to port of loading to destination location) will be useful for the customer to track their inbound orders, estimated date of delivery and shipment delays, as any delay in receiving of inb...
over 1 year ago in Control Tower 0 Future consideration

Local "admin" account logon logs should be captured

Recently, we observed one issue with by default local accounts logon logs in Sterling Integrator application. Logs are getting captured when the authentication log is in debug mode. Logs are not getting captured when authentication log is in non-d...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Future consideration

Global Mailbox - Replicate New Trading Partners/etc To All Data Centers

When a trading partner is created in one data center, it should replicate to the other data centers. I should not have to export/import the data. This feels like an intentional blocker to push clients to pay for PEM. If it truly is global, what ha...
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

Functionality gap - support for signing of SAML AuthRequest to IdP required

It is a requirement of some IdP that AuthRequests sent from SSP to the IdP are signed, currently SSP only supports the signing of the AuthResponse. This is a gap
over 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 1 Future consideration

Inactivity user account control

Admin/User accounts within IBM Control Center cant be disabled/removed after a specified period of inactivity in compliance with the security procedure Risks: Application parameter settings that do not automatically disable and/or remove use...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Sterling Integrator SSP SEAS SSO OKTA connection

Sterling Integrator SSP SEAS SSO OKTA connection
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 0 Future consideration