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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Add appl.id & policy.id PasswordExit parameters to Functional Authorities

Currently Password Exit feature for Connect Direct for Windows allows to specify "passwrod.exit.appl.id" & "password.exit.policy.id" only in the "Initparms" section. The aim is to add more granularity to the configuration and provide an option...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

Support MS windows 2019 clustered servers for CD Windows install

As, Enterprise is moving towards the recent MS windows available version, CD should support clustering on 2019. Per IBM Sterling Connect:Direct system requirements published link, Connect:Direct will support MS windows 2019 on standalone and do NO...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Add "receive" functionality to the Transfer a File option when using Connect Direct Web Services (CDWS)

No description provided
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Connect Direct File Agent: Encryption and Decryption of keystore and truststore password

To setup client certifcate authentication for the File Agent, keystore and truststore passwords are required to be specified in clear text either on the command line or in a .lax file. Since the passwords are in clear text, this creates a security...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Connect Direct v6.0 - Support for MS Windows Server 2019

Support for MS Windows Server 2019 for Connect Direct v6.0 for Windows (currently MS Windows Server 2019 requires Connect Direct v6.1).

NonStop Connect Direct - RFE - SYSOPTS in a snode RUN TASK should be displayed always

If a snode sends a file to us and then makes a “run task” using TACL, then we cannot see what happens in this run task. Only in case run task has CC > 0 then we see in the sysopts what was the infile that was started by this run task TACL. But ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct for i5/OS( IBM i)

Security enhancement request to support IBMi 7.4 OS with TLS1.3
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 2 Delivered

Add support for Windows Server 2019 for Connect:Direct ?

No description provided
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Add support for Windows Server 2019 for Connect:Direct File Agent

CDFA is currently not supported on WS2019.

Request to remove the limit of 17 characters for the User ID at the adjacent node on C:D HP NonStop System

We are faced with a situation where for reasons beyond our control, we must use the domain name with the user (example: fa_45lmo99@hello_it_sourcompany.production.com).As part of a large-scale project with dozens of C:D interfaces running on HPNS,...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered