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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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redesign Oracle adapter for BLOB datatype

The current Oracle Adapter has the following restriction: columns with datatype BLOB can be used on input/output cards only. It's not possible to use them in DBQUERY/DBLOOKUP commands due to string restrictions that are caused by the fundamental a...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Not under consideration

Enhancement Request: Update to the Database Designer

Can the database designer be updated to import fields by character, in addition to bytes? There is an inconsistency with the current byte sizing when importing objects from a Unicode/UTF-8 database.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Not under consideration

mcompile results should be consistent

Current version (9.0.0.2) added a feature where timestamp based information is added to the compiled maps.We request to have this information optional and not by default.We also request to have the feature extended so that we can inject appropriat...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Utilities 0 Not under consideration

Option for TLSv1.1 or Higher in FTPS Netmap

Request to either add an option for TLSv1.1 or higher under FTPS netmap > Security > Secure Connection > Security Setting for a FTPS adapter, or remove SSLv3 and TLSv1 from the "SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, or TLSv1.2" option under the same loc...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Not under consideration

Configure Alerts for 'Start Failed' Status of Adapters in B2B Integrator

Hi Team, We have alert email in place when the adapter goes to 'Stopped' status. However alert emails are not sent whenever the Adapter status goes to 'Start Failed'. How to capture this event and trigger an email ? . Business impact ( BusImpact )...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Identify changes made by upgrade/install

We have made config changes to the SCC config that reside outside of the system. When we upgrade, those changes are sometimes overwritten by the installer. We need a way to know if custom install/config changes are impacted on upgrade.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Not under consideration

Add Management of Non-Stop C:D Nodes to Control Center

Right now Control Center lacks the ability to be able to manage C:D nodes running on nonstop systems. We would like to utilize Control Center as a centralized management system for C:D running on all platforms.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 0 Not under consideration

E-mail Template Variables Standardized

The numbers used to identify variables within e-mail templates should be consistent across all templates.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Ability to set tab order for objects within a dialog

Currently the tab order defaults to the order in which the objects were created and can not be changed. The objects get moved around and thus is confusing when trying to tab through to fill out a form.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Support NFS for work files in Connect Direct for load balancer setup

Support NFS for work files in Connect:Direct. Without the support of NFS for work files, Connect: Direct cannot be load balanced for restarts appropriately.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Not under consideration