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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 3 hours ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 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 9 hours ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 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...
about 23 hours ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Submitted

JSON Validation on ITX maps

We have a requirement to implement a JSON validator for the files sent by the customer. The key requirement is to return a 400-error response synchronously if the incoming JSON is invalid, including detailed error information in the response body....
2 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review

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

FINPLUS readme_xsd.txt should contain the reference to the package and schema version it relates to

Currently the FINPLUS readme_xsd.txt file header doesn't indicate any information to the package or schema version it relates to. Only further down in the document, the publication dates are listed under the Schema section. This can cause misunder...
3 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 0 Future consideration

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

Optional lock on YFS_ORDER_HEADER lock during getShipmentLineList API

On getShipmentLineList API invocation with output template shared below, SELECT FOR UPDATE lock been applied on YFS_ORDER_HEADER, but this is not mandatory for getList API invocation. This has to be made optional with SelectMethod as NO_LOCK to av...
7 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

Update Connect:Direct to Support Newer Visual C++ Runtime

Currently, IBM Connect:Direct for Windows version 6.4.x requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 12.0 (2013). As confirmed in support case, this dependency cannot be removed and there is no ETA for modernization. Many enterprise security team...
7 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 0 Submitted

Allow myFG 2.0 to be hosted on different URIs

Some customers use custom URIs when exposing myFilegateway so that they can better brand the experience for their customers and potentially have different portals for different sets of users. Currently the my File Gateway 2.0 has the URI hardcoded...
8 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Other 0 Submitted