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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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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.
2 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Submitted

Quick actions from Lookup Inventory

Objective: Introduce location‑level Quick Actions directly within the Item Lookup screen, allowing store associates to initiate common SIM inventory tasks without navigating away from the lookup context. Each eligible location line includes a “Qui...
about 10 hours ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Submitted

A change in the aleclientnw.exe code to handle extended ascii encoding

See tickets for details: TS021255653 , TS020980199
about 11 hours ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

MARKET SYNC GOOGLE.com/CLOUD SHELL Container ENABLE ORACLE JAVA ENTERPRISE SQL server MANAGEMENT ROBOT DEPLOYER(s(JOB))EXECUTION intall workload PROUDCE FILE.SETUP then initialize errorless SQL queried(S)

PROUCT programming CREATING DATASCIENCE including TECHNOLOGY upgraded VERSION of ORCHESTRATION manipulating OFFLINE/ONLINE DIRECTION WORKFLOW syncing SHELL CLOUD GOOGLE https://jackiesfilms.verify.ibm.com/ui/admin ADMINISTRATOR GMAIL client from P...
about 13 hours ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Performance 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...
1 day 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...
1 day 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...

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...
3 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 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...
30 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.
19 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Submitted