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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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Remove the requirement for a keystore password when running a silent upgrade

A manual upgrade does not require a keystore password, but a silent upgrade does. Removing the need for this keystore password would simplify the silent upgrade process and be more secure.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Is a defect

Reprint of Pick list on Store engagement (angular) UI

One a pick list is printed using Store engagement UI there is no option for reprinting the pick list. Some time pickers misplace/loss the pick list in that case they need to reprint the pick list.
about 6 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 2 Planned for future release

Control Center: Implement Secure Connections without shutting down the engine

If it is possible to implement, I believe this would be useful to Control Center users and administrators because it would reduce down time for Control Center.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Adding new indexes to database for enhancing performance.

The current DB settings seems to be insufficient for production environment. The performance dramatically enhanced after adding them during DB analysis made by our DBA team. I have raised TS001613070, and IBM Support agreed to add these indexes bu...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Performance 1 Future consideration

SLES 15 on z support for Direct Connect

Requested by SLES team for client Evertec
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Support Partial Cancellation in Reservation

There are use cases when a partial cancellation is needed on an existing reservation before the reservation is consumed e.g. a reservation was made during cart but as items are removed from the cart, partial cancellation has to happen before the f...
about 6 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Functionality already exists

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...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Inactivity user account control

Admin/User accounts within IBM Control Center cant be disabled/removed after a specified period of inactivity in compliance with the security procedure Risks: Application parameter settings that do not automatically disable and/or remove user ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Password Security Controls

Password security controls for SEAS administrator interfaces using local authentication are not sufficient. Minimum password length of eight characters can’t be enforced. Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings are mi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server 1 Not under consideration

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...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release