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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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sftp client list service should have configurable parameter to list the number of files.

In certain customer sites, The file count that need to be picked up using sftp client services range from 1 to 100,000 from partner's sftp server. When we use the sftp client list service to list the files (when the file count is at max range) the...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Future consideration

Total of files sent to a specific partner (Report)

Customer wants to know the total of files sent to a specific partner in a period.
8 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Future consideration

Have one "map" to convert EDI into a human readable format, such as HTML

Currently, we have several maps that translate EDI into HTML. They are for 824s, 864s, and 860s. There are separate maps for various versions (i.e. 4010, 4060, 5010). The maps are VERY large and complex. Plus, they all contain user exits, and IBM ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Future consideration

Add a feature to pass the failed response from PP to PEM.

Hi, Currently, in PEM under the tab "Wait for Provisioning" when the control passes from PEM to PP to provision the resources in respective environments then in the PEM side we see a triangle draft kind of sign stating that the PP is working to cr...
8 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Future consideration

prioritizing routing of files, File A routing needs to take precedence over File B. Routing channel template is complex and burdensome. provided by Matt Moder

File ABC and File XYZ both hit their respective mailboxes in SFG at the same time or close to it. Both files use the same routing rule/ template (and associated business processes) File XYZ routing needs to take precedence over File ABC Once File ...
8 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 1 Future consideration

Add support for the "OPTS UTF8 ON" FTP Client command/parameter.

Beginning with Windows Server 2016, the Microsoft FTP Client includes the "OPTS UTF8 ON" command. The Sterling B2B Integrator FTP Server does not support this command, and returns a 501 error message. This "OPTS UTF8 ON" command is included in RFC...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

Traffic Throttle Mechanism per User/Customer in SFG

There was an instance when a customer uploaded huge number of files every second due to an issue on the customer side which broke the system on our side. We have a traffic throttle mechanism requirement where we can throttle the traffic in SFG pe...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Future consideration

Enable creation of multiple shipments with one action in Order Hub

When an order has been released, the Create Shipment from Lines action becomes available under the Action menu. This is very helpful functionality, but will fail if multiple shipments are required to fulfill the order. Would it be possible to cove...
8 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Authenticate OMS users without having to preload the user base

Many clients of OMS do not maintain a user repository system that can send user load to OMS. Users will be present on the client's active directory and will can be authenticated and created in OMS during the authentication.
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

"Soft Stop" functionality for SSP engines for upgrading without service interruptions

Currently even though we have multiple SSP engines it isn't possible to perform a true "high availability" upgrade of the engines because anybody who is connected to an individual SSP engine will be disconnected when the engine is taken down for p...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 2 Future consideration