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SSP should have a setting to configure "allowlist" usernames which should accept regex express for allowed user names

The SSP must provide a setting to configure, such as a **"Users Allowlist"**, where we can set up a list of usernames and/or a regular expression. This configuration should ensure that the SSP allows connections only from those users that match th...
25 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Increase the column length of SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS in the YFS_ORDER_HEADER table based on IPv6 network standards

IPv6 is the newest networking standard. With that said, when will the SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS column on YFS_ORDER_HEADER table be updated with the new length? Currently it only supports 20 characters, whereas IPv6 is close to 40 characters.
about 2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Future consideration

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...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

User Create , Manage, Delete option in OrderHub

Currently there is no User Create , Manage, Delete option in OrderHub. Can this feature be added to OrderHub?. If Application Console and Application Manager is getting deprecated, what is the replacement?.
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Future consideration

Sterling Secure Proxy HSM Integration to store TLS certificate encryption key only

Many organizations use SSP for TLS sessions termination and authenticate clients in presentation zone. The volumes would be high in general, with HSM integration and security mandates each TLS connection has to communicate with HSM for TLS offload...
6 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security Future consideration

Need more access methods other than SAS token in transfer from Sterling Integrator to Azure Blob Storage

We are currently looking into the options for the Sterling to Blob write options with the newly available Object Store Client Adapter as mentioned below. Object Store Client Adapter - IBM Documentation With the setup provided in the guidance, we c...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security Future consideration

Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management for Sterling B2B Integrator in Alignment with Zero Trust Architecture

Hi, As organizations continue progressing toward Zero Trust Architecture, the importance of secure and streamlined certificate management becomes increasingly critical. We request for enhancement to B2B Certificate management. Current Challenge:To...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Accessing Queue Watcher dashboard for each ASI Pod

Currently for Container based deployment of Sterling integrator we are not seeing any provision to access QueueWacther page for each individual ASI POD. If we have multiple ASI Pods and If we access queueWatcher page then it opens up from any of A...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Issue with chinese characters or Ukranian characters in Sterling Map Editor

Hi Team, We’ve observed that the Sterling B2Bi Map Editor Interface currently does not support the input of Chinese or Ukrainian characters. Could you please investigate whether this limitation is related to UTF-8 multi-byte character handling or ...
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation Future consideration

Amazon Resource Name (ARN) roles for integration between S3 adapter and S3 buckets.

Today, SBI only supports access to AWS S3 buckets via secret and access keys. While keys can be configured, the preference from our security and cloud team is to have ARN roles supported as key management becomes difficult with rotating keys every...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Future consideration