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Password Vault support for outgoing Connect Direct for Windows transfers

There is a need to execute Connect Direct transfers securely as a User/Functional ID managed through Password Vault.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Future consideration

Transfers via SFTP to External Mainframe Application (Vendor : DTCC)

IBM Team, We have currently are transfer files to our external vendor DTCC mainframe application via Connect Direct protocol. DTCC has changed the requirement to transfer via SFTP instead of Connect Direct to their mainframe end point. How can the...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Provide QueueWatch Audit data

As part of our effort to more thoroughly track usage in SBI, we need to be able to audit QueueWatch usage. In IBM case TS013772150, we were informed that this functionality does not exist.
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Future consideration

BP Exit Service

Add a "BP Exit Service", to cleanly terminate the current BP. Essentially the same as the "BP Exception Service" but without triggering an error.
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Submitted

ICAP scanning required for files pulled and pushed by Sterling Integrator

Files that are pushed by external vendors are scanned via ICAP protocol in Sterling Secure Proxy. But the files that are pulled by Sterling Integrator are not scanned as they do not pass through SSP. This leaves a big gap in the scanning feature o...
10 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Planned for future release

update to EDIFACT and ANSI-X12 schemas

Request update to EDIFACT and ANSI-X12 schemas in TN which were released in and after 2018. For more question please contact our customer
about 1 month ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

Version 4 support for EDIFACT

Required by one our customers to finalize the integration with them and avoid servicing with a 3rd party vendor. If you have more question please get in contact with the custosmer
about 1 month ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

GM architecture deployed in zLinux

GM architecture increases the reliability of the suite but it's running only in midrange servers. Running Linux MZ (SSP not make sense) components (SBI/SEAS/KAS/ZK/MQ) on IBM zSeries or LinuxOne will bring a highest level of reliability, security ...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 0 Submitted

Specify our desired default settings for Preferred Cipher and Preferred MAC Algorithm

When creating a new SSH Remote Profile, the Preferred Cipher and Preferred MAC fields are defaulting to values that are deprecated (blowfish-cbc and hmac-sha1). I was told that those deprecated settings are hardcoded in the B2Bi application. We wi...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

We need an ability to create user name upto 60characters and email address upto 68 characters in B2Bi

We have a requirement to onboardi-ng partners with the user name upto 60 chars and email address up to 68 chars, and currently we noticed b2bi only allows 36chars in the user name field and 64chars in the email address field, and so can you provid...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration