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Administration & Configuration

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Add GCM Encryption Algorithm

Currently while configuring the AS2 profile for partners, the only encryption algorithms allowed are DES, RC2 and AES. We need the GCM ciphers also to be made available on the dropdown for "Encryption Algorithm"
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

"Basic Authentication" on myfilegateway 2.0 not working

On myfilegateway 2.0, the trouble we get is that the authentication failed if the basic authentication is activated (option "User authentication Required").During the authentication, the browser request credentials but there are no taken into acco...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Remove Appending of ~1 Process for Map name on Outbound Maps

Question Why do map names in Process Data sometimes have '~1' appended? Cause For all outbound map names, the ~1 is appended to the name and stored in the ENVELOPE_PARMS table. The ~1 represents outbound. There is nothing appended to inbound map n...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

External Purge Memory settings are inconsistent between Windows and Linux/Unix and changing the memory settings is complicated

It is very confusing that Xmx for Ext Purge on Windows defaults to 512m no matter what the Noapp is tuned for. However on linux/Unix the -Xmx for External Purge is pulled from whatever the Noapp is set for. This is very inconsistent and can cause ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Make the selected font color configurable in the skins.properties_style_ext file for B2Bi properties.

The selected font color now is yellow and can't be changed. If you color code your environments the standard green, yellow and red. The yellow font color is now hard to see your environments. Let us decide what the selected font color should be.
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Limit the version number for resources

There should be a way/property to limit the number of versions for B2B Integrator artifacts like Business Process, XSLT, Maps, Code Lists. Currently we can have as many versions as created for each of these artifacts and need to manually clean up ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

It is not possible to find unused envelope or map name in the database

It is not possible to find unused envelope or map names in the database.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

For AS2 Configuration allow using file names when using mailboxes, the same way you can use file names when using file system directories.

Document ID is sending as file name with .txt extension via AS2 Connection. Partner need *.edi file like we have in Message Name. Message Name is *.edi but client is getting file with Document ID++*.txt.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Overdue 997 event notification

I would like SI to trigger an email notification when a document reaches an Overdue acknowledment state.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Adding a disclaimer before access dashboard and mailbox interface

When a user insert his credential in login page to access Sterling Integrator dashboard or Mailbox Interface page, should read a customizable message about the confidentiality obligations accessing the System, before to be redirected to IBM Sterli...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration