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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...
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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Upgrade to Struts version to 6.4.0 for Sterling Foundation module for CPQ

Current version has vulnerability and it is EOL too. Need IBM help to upgrade apache Struts and associated components. Thanks, Bishwajit
about 1 month ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Allow for a “System Use Notification” on login page.

Currently, in the 6.3 version of Control Center under Properties and the Welcome Message, a system notification message can be added. It would be nice to be able to something similar with Sterling File Gateway/B2B Integrator.
about 1 month ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Enable SEAS to directly consume SAML/OIDC passed roles.

Enhancement request for the SEAS (STERLING External Authentication Server) service. Request SEAS have the ability to consume roles or entitlements through federation service, all roles are passed through the federated service from a role that is s...
7 months ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 0 Submitted

Option on "Sendor ID" for GS ID in addition to ISA.

We have partners with a Generic ISA ID, but the GS is specific. When searching by sendor and receiver, it would be beneficial to be able to use the GS instead.
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Submitted

Being able to send large files up to 1 TB files

Would like the ability to send larges files up to 1TB in sizes. Currently ssp-engine has a limit in its ICAP configuration to 10 GB. This is too small for the use cases that my company will handling.
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 0 Submitted

Add AS4 Protocol to Partner Community Manager

With planned addition of AS4 to the core Sterling B2b Integrator, we request that the Partner Community Manager be updated to add AS4 as a protocol in the application/partner configurations. Partner/Application screens should allow for AS4 partner...

Work with Qualys to suppress CVE-2023-50164 false positive scan for SFG and B2BIi

Vulnerability Software Qualys are identifying IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling B2B File Gateway impacted by CVE-2023-50164. IBM sterling product team confirmed the products are not impacted but scan results are still showing up. relate...

Make Gentran compatible with Windows 11.

Most companies are moving toward Windows 11 and Gentran is currently not supporting this version.
about 2 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Alert notification needed whenever errors occur in BP FileGatewayMailboxRoute

Alert notification needed whenever errors occur in BP FileGatewayMailboxRoute
about 2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Other 0 Submitted

To log unsuccessful user logins to Gentran application into Audit Log

Currently, Gentran does not log the unsuccessful user login attempts into the application Audit Log (ProcAuditLog_tb). Our security team requires us to monitor this activity and respond to this as part of our security process. Without this logging...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Security 0 Submitted