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Support for Oracle Linux

Regarding Connect:Direct(Managed File Transfer), We would like to request getting support for Oracle Linux as soon as possible.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration

NFS directory restrictions requires world execute permission

Root squash enabled NFS directories cause an issue with C:D requiring world execute permission on every directory in the path when using the upload/download directory parameters. We want to be able to use upload/download restrictions without havin...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Future consideration

Enhance C:D Rest API cdwebconsole/svc/processcontrolcriterias to allow definition of symbolic parameter values

The current approach enables to execute a static/hardcoded locally stored CDP process. This approach is very limited as for example you cannot specify a specific file name in a copy step to be transferred when executing. Therefore please extend th...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement for a keystore password when running a silent upgrade

A manual upgrade does not require a keystore password, but a silent upgrade does. Removing the need for this keystore password would simplify the silent upgrade process and be more secure.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Implement Secure UDP for Connect Direct File Agent

Our internal security standards want all traffic to be encrypted. Currently, File Agent uses standard UDP (SNMP) to send messages to Control Center. The goal is to have this traffic encrypted. We are being told that in a couple years the PCI DSS s...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

certificate-based authentication support for CDAIJ and CDW

Many customers from banks need to change their OS users' password every 1 or 3 months for all OS according to their security regulation which means all applications or middleware using the old password must change at the same time. For customers, ...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Not under consideration

Add support for date or variable date to be added to Report names and Email Subjects on Reports

When using Control Center to automate a daily report to provide all the previous days transmission details from our Connect:Direct instance the CC monitors we would like to indicate a date of previous day in the report name created but we could li...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Enable Control Center reports to display in multiple time zones

Currently when a user starts to setup a report to be ran, Control Center defaults with the time zone that the console preferences are set it. There is a drop down menu for other time zones, but when a user selects one of these, the report will not...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Planned for future release

IBM software needs some form of integrity check / digitally signed agent as proof of authenticity

We have a requirement when obtaining software and need IBM to provide an answer around the following requirement: We need to be able to test the source and integrity of the software being installed in the HSD environments. In my experience, this i...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

Connect:Direct - Certify SQLServer 2016 Express Edition as a supported database for C:D v.4.7 or v.4.8

Ability to upgrade to the latest software.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration