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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...
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...

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Show number of records for Block-Mode-Transfers

This Enhancement Request is created following Case TS011846040 (Wrong Statistic Records in File Transfer between C:D for z/OS and C:D for UNIX) The problem is that the number of records is shown as 0 on the sending side in the Statistics for a ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Password Security Controls

Password security controls for ICC administrator/user interface using local authentication are not sufficient: Minimum password length can’t be enforced. Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings don't exist Password hi...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Password Security Controls

Password security controls for SSP administrator interfaces using local authentication are not allow enough password security controls: Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings are minimal and don’t comply with the sec...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release

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
over 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Not under consideration

Inactive User Accounts Controls - Administrator 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.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Not under consideration

Implement SelectMethod attribute for all OMS ListAPI

Suggest to include the SelectMethod handling as the standard attribute for all List APIs.
about 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future 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...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

disablement of ssl protocol versions via configuration

For PEM, there is no option currently to disable ssl protocols which are flagged as a security concern. This leads to ports accepting ssl request for TLS v1 - 1.2 currently.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Security 0

Display partner communication details under Inflight event for Inbound flows.

Hi Team, Currently for inbound flows in Inflight, We can only see Protocol POD PID for the inbound flows. This request is to show Partner Communication details like Protocol PPID, Remote end point, Directory, Username details. These details will h...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 0 Future consideration

inFlight filter

Somtime, I need to reprocess the inbound ORDERS messages. I would like to add a filter on the reference number. It should be displayed only once, none doubloon. Then I can reprocess all inbound order messages without doubloon.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS 3 Functionality already exists