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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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MFA support for SFG via OpenID connect or SAML

Currently SFG does not support MFA. We would like to have MFA support via OpenID connect or SAML due to security reasons in our company. Suggested workaround via Secured Jump Host is not compliant to our internal regulations.
about 8 hours ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Submitted

Simple Report on user or IP and the Cipher/Algorith/Mac/Key Exchange they used to connect for the SSP

This is useful information for larger organizations who need to deprecate older ciphers/algorithms/key exchanges. If you don't own/purchase CCM there isnt' a way to do easily do this. Which is odd since the information is contained in the SSP logs...
1 day ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Submitted

Automating Control Center (CC) installation and configuration externally parameters to pass

Currently, during the execution of configCC.sh, configuration parameters are typically provided in interactive mode, or they are read from the static configuration script runConfigCCSample.sh, where values are hardcoded. For automation purposes, t...
about 14 hours ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Show the filename in the Job report within Configuration Hub

When troubleshooting or reviewing completed jobs, it would be helpful to see the filename that was used for the job. The "Job specifics report" could show the filename.
17 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Submitted

Enable payment processing in B2B Contract Orders

We are looking to leverage Contract Orders as the Parent entity for our B2B large-order fulfilment process. A single large B2B Contract Order will serve as the source, spawning multiple Sales Orders based on specific attributes. The customer will ...
3 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Improvements to the B2B API framework

B2Bi customers are making large time, resource, and budget investments in automation. These automation projects rely heavily on the B2Bi API framework. The current API framework and documentation do not lend itself to large scale automation projec...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Submitted

Remove the UPPER function for phone number.

Advanced search Ship to in call center is not performing well for phone# searches in pre-prod and prod environment and takes around 1min to respond. The query we see taking time here for Advanced Search Ship To is: SELECT YFS_PERSON_INFO.* FROM YF...
6 days ago in Call Center 0 Submitted

Support OAuth 2.0 Authentication for RosettaNet PIP Transport (HTTPS)

Business Context Global electronics and semiconductor supply chains are increasingly adopting stricter security standards for B2B integrations. Token-based authentication mechanisms such as OAuth 2.0 are becoming mandatory, even for established in...
about 2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

Add Change Description/Comments on imports completed through Jobs

When using the Jobs import process to load a new version of a map or code list, there needs to be a Change Description/Comment option to be able to put in details or a case#
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Submitted

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 ...
29 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Submitted