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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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    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.
    1 day 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...
    2 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Submitted

    Ability to resume Configuration Assistant workflow after session expiration

    When using the Configuration Assistant to perform configuration tasks (such as creating or editing a connection), users may temporarily leave the workflow to perform other activities. If the platform session expires during this time, the user must...
    about 20 hours ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub 0 Under review

    Ability to cancel an in-progress operation in Configuration Assistant and return to the last successful state

    When using the Configuration Assistant to manage connections or perform configuration tasks, users may begin an operation (for example, editing a connection) and then decide to switch to another task before completing the workflow. Currently, ther...
    about 21 hours ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub 0 Under review

    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...
    1 day ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

    Align Retention of Filter/Search Criteria Functionality Across Code List/Mapping/Transformations/Connections for Consistent Behavior

    Currently when using the Search Bar in Code List/Mapping/Transformations, the functionality is inconsistent across all three. Search in Mapping (partial or full name search) then click into any of the maps that come up to review it.  To go ba...
    29 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 2 Under review

    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.
    18 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 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....
    3 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review

    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...
    about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

    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

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