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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...

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Select Statistic enhancement to allow selection of all statistics associated with a specified node name.

I am running Connect:Direct V5.2 for z/OS. When on the SNODE, I can select statistics for a specific PNUM and see 2 records displayed. Both show the same submitter node and server. If I then go to the extended options and add the PNODE into the SN...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Delivered

64-bit Connect:Direct for Solaris 10

As you may know, Solaris 10 is a 64-bit OS and has some limitations running 32-bit applications such as Connect:Direct. Does IBM have a 64-bit Connect:Direct release for Solaris 10 on SPARC? If not, when does IBM plan to release it? Thanks,Dan

More Flexibility Needed for Control Center Web Console time out.

I know that in Control Center 6.1.3, the maximum amount of time for the Web console is 30 minutes. Please add an enhancement that gives administrators more flexibility in expanding this beyond 30 minutes. This is needed for our shop because the Ba...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

RHEL8/RH8 Support for SEAS

SEAS currently supports RHEL7 (which reaches "End of Support" in Aug 2021. Rather than installing a new instance of SEASand its components onto RHEL7 and then repeating the process again on RHEL8 once its supported. It'd be extremely useful to kn...

RHEL8/RH8 Support for Sterling B2B Integrator

End of Support With the "End of Support" notification for SI 5.2.6 recently announced, preparation to upgrade to SI 6.0.0 is essential. SI 6.0.0.1 currently supports RHEL7 (which reaches "End of Support" in Aug 2021. Rather than installi...

Make sourceTs and updatedTs fields visible in Get Supply and Get Demand API Responses

As an integration consultant, I need to be able to see when the supply and demand for an item was last updated so I can confirm whether or not information is flowing from external systems to IV. The sourceTs and updatedTs will help when performanc...
about 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Allow a read-only user to make changes to read-write fields, but not Commit

We have clients like EGA, where we're seeing they have hundreds of read-only users, and only a few read-write users entrusted to commit (save changes and export). Read-only users are mostly maintenance stakeholders part of the workflow process -- ...
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

HIPAA 831 type tree - to be added to to Healthcare pack v10.1

We have a business requirement for HIPAA 5010 - 831 transctions. Looks like thats available in supply chain pack. Request to add the same to Healthcare pack. We are @ Healthcare Packv10.1 ITX v9.01IIBv10.x Thanks Ahad Mahamad
about 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 2 Delivered

FTP Client Begin Service to support _ENCRYPTED password

Custom protocols in FileGateway can include _ENCRYPTED as an option on password definition. However, the FTP Client Begin Service does not support passwords which are encrypted by this method
about 4 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Delivered

NBC Setup process and behaviour

This is follow up case related to TS005717195. During our last A-Sale time , 55% of lines weren’t optimized for the 5/17-5/23 due to NBC setup not done properly for node 199. We know that if the NBC setup was not done properly for any node , then ...
about 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Delivered