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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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Request for Enhancement (RFE): Alternative User Exit Options in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP)

Request for Enhancement (RFE): Alternative User Exit Options in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) 1. Introduction This document proposes an enhancement to IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) to include support for alternative user exit options beyond th...
6 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

This RFE proposes an enhancement to IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) to include support for OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication.

Request for Enhancement (RFE): OpenID Connect (OIDC) Support in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) 1. Introduction This RFE proposes an enhancement to IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) to include support for OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication. OIDC i...
6 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Submitted

Sterling Filegateway - Global mailbox support for the MQ FTE protocol

We are looking for Global mailbox support for the MQ FTE protocol. This is primary protocol used on our side for Intranet transfers.
4 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

OOB feature to deactivate an Enterprise/Node as a seller from UI without the need to delete organization configuration

Currently there is no feature available OOB like a check box to enable or disable an enterprise which is a seller or a node which is a seller. Hence it keeps on showing up on the dropdown on UI related to organization. The requirement is to deacti...
about 2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Under review

First Message Success Notification from Production Environment

Customer wants IBM to generate "First message success" notification - first successfully processed message via production is generating the success notification (to the pre-configured business users) and then it is turned off automatically
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Support Acknowledgement Reconciliations for NONEDI flows

We are currently supporting acknowledgment reconciliations for OUTBOUND EDI documents only based on inbound "997/CONTRL" documents. Customer wants IBM to support acknowledgement reconciliations for NONEDI interfaces as well. They are sending outbo...
9 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

Certificate Management Automation

The CA / Browser consortium has voted to reduce the certificate lifetime down to 47 days over the next 2 years. The process to manage certificates in connect:direct is manual. This will become unmanageable to maintain manually.
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 6 Needs more information

A feature which will allow BA to move from one company to another company.

Hello, The main idea behind opening of this RFE request:- Due to some companies being sold to other SCBN customers companies merging into a single contract. Reconfiguring the entire BA manually under a different company can lead to any errors that...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation / Onboarding 2 Future consideration

ID logging for added / deleted/ modiifed ID's in User proxy/ Functional Authorities

We need logging to be done as to what ID has been added deleted or modified in connect Direct Proxy users or functional authorities in windows Connect Direct as currently no modification can be seen of users only submitter details are found
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

Improving the IBM B2Bi Sterling Integrator logic when a system certificate expires

The B2Bi Sterling Integrator product does not seamlessly pick up or scan the system (netmap or adapters) for a new/valid certificate after a CA expires. As an IBM customer and a long term B2B Sterling Integrator consumer, on two separate occasions...
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration