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Add REST API for the RUN TIME information

REST API for the RUN TIME details (Connect, Validate, Invalidate, Generate, etc.,) will be helpful and simplify the integration with other systems.
over 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add "Session ID" for SEAS authentication attempts

In a high-traffic system it can be difficult to determine which log entries in the seas logs are related to a given authentication attempt. Currently we're forced to grep / search for the specific username /timeframe and then manually parse throug...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Provide SUBMIT ESF=YES feature for CONNECT:Direct-Unix

On C:D-z/OS, an Extended Submit Facility (ESF) option (syntax is ESF=YES) exists for the SUBMIT command to allow C:D transmission requests to be queued up even when C:D is down on the z/OS system; the requests are executed later when C:D has come ...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 0 Future consideration

Adding support for Pipes to Connect:Direct by z/OS

Adding support for Pipes on Connect:Direct for z/OS can help to speed up the overal file transfer process for distributing dat towards distributed platforms.Analogy to functionality already available in C:D for Unix.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Gentran:Server SMTP is currently not supported with Microsoft Office 365 Cloud / Exchange Online (EXO) which use newer SMTP/TLS protocols. We need a solution to make it work once we migrate to SMTP/TLS protocol.

All Gentran Server clients planning to migrate to Microsoft Office 365 Cloud / Exchange Online (EXO) which use newer SMTP/TLS protocol.

Selecting Active Directory Group for authentication

Instead of selecting each user from LDAP and give access. If we have option to select the Active Directory Group(low_pre_access_group, high_pre_access_group) from LDAP and assign to access. It will be helpful and reduce task of adding every new us...
about 2 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 3 Needs more information

Support Kerberos authentication for SEAS bind to ADLDAP.

Support Kerberos authentication for SEAS bind to ADLDAP.
about 4 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 0 Future consideration

Inactive User Accounts Controls - Administrator and user Accounts

Application parameter settings that do not automatically disable and/or remove user accounts after a specified period of inactivity may result in unauthorized access, modification, destruction, and/or disclosure of confidential information
about 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Not under consideration

Request for support running Connect:Direct Windows in the CLOUD with new MS Server and SQL

We would like to deploy our C:D Windows into the Cloud using Google Cloud for one instance and Microsoft Azure for another. We would like to see certification for running C:D Windows in those environments as well as supporting MS Server 2016 and M...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

Allow utility scripts like changepassphrase.sh, SEASCipherConfigTool.sh, seasRestAPI.sh to run in non interactive mode

Currently I'm not able to run scripts like changepassphrase.sh, SEASCipherConfigTool.sh, seasRestAPI.sh in the non interactive mode. There is no option to pass the multiple input passphrases to those scripts. Those scripts will also error out if I...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release