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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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Add RequestType UnprovisioningRequest for each protocol (Unprovisioning API)

There is no way to unprovision a setup in SFG from PEM currently. This is a common request from clients. Following the PEM architecture of the codelist integration with SFG there should be a "Delete" configuration which then initiates an unprovisi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 1 Delivered

Add Event Processor Status to Dashboard on Web Console

Please add an item to the Environmental Health section of the dashboard on the Web console for the Event Processors. This new section would show the status of the Event Processors, how many there are, and the status. Similar to the status of Conne...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Delivered

Connect Direct File Agent: Encryption and Decryption of keystore and truststore password

To setup client certifcate authentication for the File Agent, keystore and truststore passwords are required to be specified in clear text either on the command line or in a .lax file. Since the passwords are in clear text, this creates a security...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Add SOCKS Support for All SSP Protocols

This would be useful in our environment so that we have the ability to refresh hardware at a more rapid pace without having to worry about maintaining IP addresses in the refresh or notify our customers that we are moving to new infrastructure. Ou...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Delivered

Option to disable client authentication for Sterling Control Center Classic Console

Currently, our company will access Sterling Control Center Classic Console through desktop. With client authentication enabled for SCC, we need to maintain separate scripts on each user desktop. This will be overhead in maintaining multiple certs ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 2 Delivered

Enable TLS support for JDBC database connection

Cannot find any reference in Sterling B2B Advanced Communications documentation that TLS is supported for connections to the database. Requesting to add support for this feature.
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Delivered

Provide a compiler for TX on other operating systems than Windows

Current version of TX only support compiling of maps and systems on Windows. This also impacts compiling of BAR files when a flow contains a TX node. Since most build systems run on Linux, it would be easier to configure and run TX compiles on a L...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

ITX HIPAA Compliance Check - Include validation of NPI number

Enhance the HIPAA Compliance Check to validate that the NPI number in the X12 transactions is a valid format. NPI Must be 10 characters long, starting with a 1 or 2 and the first 9 digits are used to calculate the 10th character, as a check digit.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 1 Delivered

NCPDP - Compliance Check

Create a Compliance Check for NCPDP Pack Transactions similar to the HIPAA Pack Transactions.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Utilities 2 Delivered

X12 Transaction 005010X216 278N

EDI X12 Transaction 005010X216 278N is not included in the type tree for compliance check for the HIPAA Pack. The transaction is also not included in the EDI X12 pack (per Greg McEachern). Please create the type tree and update the compliance chec...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Delivered