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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...
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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Certify NetApp S3 Object Storage with Connect:Direct

Usage of Non-AWS S3 based object storage is increasing with NetApp NAS filers being amongst the leaders in this space.
21 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Needs more information

Enhancing ISA Envelope Handling to Support Transaction-Level Control Number Checks

At present, a single ISA envelope is shared across multiple transactions for a given partner/client/version combination. This setup limits our ability to implement transaction-specific ISA envelope configurations—particularly for enabling duplicat...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 2 Needs more information

Parity of local and global mailboxes in the B2B REST API

We want to include Global Mailboxes, list, and content extract, just like Local Mailboxes, as part of the B2B REST API. The aim is to enable 1touch and IBM IGDC to integrate with the IBM Sterling solution while monitoring all data passing through ...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Needs more information

Document Visibility : Option to see proof of delivery like MDN / X400 ADMD

This idea is useful for customers to track the files delivered to their partner without raising a support case. Customer could view themselves the proof of delivery such as MDN for AS2, MTS ID for X400 connections.
12 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 1 Needs more information

Add support in SEAS for configuring the number of failed password attempts before account lockout.

Currently, SEAS does not provide an option to set or customize the number of failed password attempts before locking an account. This limitation prevents administrators from enforcing organization-specific security policies.The requested enhanceme...
25 days ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 2 Needs more information

Include wildcard support in Sterling B2B for C:D transfers

Hello, We have identified that the wildcard (*) function for sending or receiving with the C:D Sterling adapter does not work. It is unable to automatically detect all possible files located in a mailbox using the wildcard. While it does copy the ...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 3 Needs more information

Replacing LDAP with ISVG

In our company we are replacing LDAP with other security, for IBM Sterling also we need to replace LDAP with ISVG, I raised case for this and told ISVG is not tested with IBM Sterling SEAS product, As we need to replace LDAP with ISGV, Could you p...

User based data limit policy

When the same data limit policy is applied to various users, the inbound traffic byte counter is the sum of all the users included in the policy. So if one of them is reaching the limit. All the users of the policy are affected. Please, conside...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 5 Needs more information

AS2 Adapter

Currently itx doesn’t support AS2 adapter . If it supports AS2 it will be a added advantage to use.
5 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 2 Needs more information

When I told our Trading Partner I show the transaction was picked up they asked for the Mailbag # so their VAN could investigate. It would be nice if the Mailbag # is available in InFlight.

For when a Trading Partner is told they have picked it up and then ask us for the Mailbag # we won't have to open a case to get this information, will save time for both IBM & our company.
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 2 Needs more information