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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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Overwrite protection for transferred files

The current file transfer process lacks an essential feature: the ability to control file overwrites when a transferred file shares the same name as an existing file at the destination. We propose implementing a checkbox option to enable or disabl...
3 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Future consideration

Please add 'Delete After Collection' functionality for mailbox protocol

The current implementation of the mailbox protocol lacks the ability to delete files after collection, which significantly limits its utility for our requirements. As we frequently need to remove source files post-collection, this omission renders...
3 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 2 Needs more information

Checbox to enable/disable error notifications if file in the source location does not match the naming pattern defined in Data Flow

Currently, when adding file naming pattern in DataFlow, PEM CM sends error notifications via email for every file in the source location that doesn't match specified naming pattern. The error notification is sent even if the file in the source mat...
3 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 1 Future consideration

FileAgent - Windows .ser file cleartext

Have the Default_Config.ser or other .ser files clear text or similar.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Allow Pass-Through User Mapping option for " Password Or Key " Authentication Method in SFTP policies

We want to be able to select on the secure proxy configuration manager on SFTP policies the User Mapping option " Pass-Through " when the required Authentication Method selected is " Password Or Key ". This option is available for " Password ", " ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

SST - > Server Configuration Tab-> Enable Sorting based on Columns

SST - > Server Configuration Tab-> Enable Sorting based on Columns. Currently none of the columns are allowing Sorting. Having the ability to sort based on Name,Type,Profile,Number of Instances and Status will be helpful.
7 months ago in Self Service Tool 0 Future consideration

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator - Automated way -Existing Customer data - examine ssh pub keys with size

Refer Case details response - Case number# TS010477941
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 2 Needs more information

Add TEXT/BINARY mode marker to Connect Direct log file

Current version of Connect Direct does not log the information if transmission was made in TEXT or BINARY mode. This enhancement is to add clear information about used mode (TEXT/BINARY) to the log in CTRC record
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 3 Planned for future release

Native support for DLP to manage sensible data

Customer would like to have in SSP a feature to connect with their DLP solution based on ICAP protocol to avoid that sensible data be sent outside of their organization without permission.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 3 Future consideration

Need a way to select multiple envelopes or maps and delete them all at once

It is very tedious to delete batches of envelopes or maps since you have to select each one, delete it, and then repeat with all the rest. There should be a way to select batches of them similar to how the export resources works and then delete th...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Submitted