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Unified Management of Connect Direct & Integrated File Agent

The current process to start/stop Connect Direct (CD) Integrated File Agent (IFA) requires a user to manually edit the init.parm settings each time they start/stop CD. The user has to manually edit the "cdfa.enable" parameter to "y" or "n" to sign...
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

SFTP Client GET Service - input parameter to set a max number of files processed

We are using the operation SFTPClientGet and the parameter RemoteFilePattern to do a multiple get. See the below example. We would like to have an input parameter allowing us to set a maximum number of files processed during one sftp get opera...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 5 Future consideration

Password policy enforcement - minimum change password timeframe

To deny automated user's password change, add an additional parameter in password policy indicating the minimum number of days between a password is changed and the next time it can be changed.
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

AWS Adapter Enhancements

Enhancement list for AWS adapter includes the following: 1) perimeter server support 2) begin/end session functionality 3) managing credentials in SFG profile (obscuring creds requires that a script is run on the credentials before entering into S...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 3 Future consideration

Displaying a different color in CTE and production for Config Center and Legacy Inflight to help support to differentiate both environments,

Displaying a different color in CTE and production for Config Center and Legacy Inflight to help support to differentiate both environments.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Show actual SFTP error in status report

Sterling 6.0 and up, in some cases, has replaced useful, specific SFTP error messages in the status report with vague ones that require diving into logs to troubleshoot. For example, if the host key is wrong when connecting to a partner, this is w...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Is a defect

Validate content of file uploads on dashboard

Sterling Integrator was flagged on recent PenTest due to the fact that it allows any type of file to be uploaded on dashboard, ie as bp primary document, maps, xslts, etc. Case TS016869403 confirmed that currently only mailboxes can restrict file ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Uploading of Test Files to be Optional for IBMers

While uploading a map to Config Hub it is mandatory to upload a valid Input file even in CTE, along with the Source and Compiled map.
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

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...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 4 Future consideration

Support to create JSON null and binary type fields

Though the ITX maps are able to read and parse JSON null and binary data, it is unable to generate null or binary type fields using JSON schema. We would like to have the option added in ITX so as to create null and binary type fields like below u...
8 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Planned for future release