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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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CD Windows: CODEPAGE MBCS change mlang.dll for MultiByteToWideChar Win32 API

After a lot of months discussingg with IBM CD lab and Microsoft developement support (see cases TS011672863 and TS014123302), Microsoft accepts that mlang.dll has a problem with copepage conversion in CDWindows with ISO8859-15 and UTF8. Their reco...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Not under consideration

Support to process files from Multiple Sub-Folders in a single FTP/SFTP connection

Hi Team, We have a requirement where we need to integrate with partners having one FTP/SFTP connection and multiple subfolders. The files should be picked up or placed in different sub-folders within the same FTP/SFTP depending on the message type...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 3 Planned for future release

Upgrade : Websphere Liberty 23.0.0.4 to Websphere Liberty 23.0.0.9

Please, we need your support to upgrade (with priority) from the current Websphere Liberty 23.0.0.4 to Websphere Liberty 23.0.0.9 due to vulnerabilities detected in Citibank environments, as we were informed by the partner that the requested versi...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Needs more information

Application Console in other browsers than IE

Would it be possible to redesign Application Console so it is not required to use IE or Edge in IE compatibility? It would be nice to have it independent on browser
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

CreateNewAS2Relationship API - Improve performance of the API to match that of previous versions.

There was a fix (IT40683) implemented in B2Bi v6.0.3.7 that was merged up through v6.1.1.3, then v6.1.2.2 impacting AS2 Relationships API “/CreateNewAS2Relationship”. In patches before the fix, the execution time for the API was ~5 seconds (untune...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

CreateNewAS2Relationship API - Request to disable adding additional user permissions to AS2 child mailboxes

There was a fix (IT40683) implemented in B2Bi v6.0.3.7 that was merged up through v6.1.1.3, then v6.1.2.2 impacting AS2 Relationships API “ /CreateNewAS2Relationship ”. In patches before the fix, the execution time for the API was ~5 seconds (untu...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

Self-Service option in SFG, allow our business partner to replay their own failed transfers.

Is there an option in SFG to allow our business partner to replay their own failed file transfers for their accounts? If so, do you have any documentation/information on how to enable that feature?
over 7 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

podman support for PEM

RHEL 8 native provides podman instead of docker. While it's possible to install docker ce on RHEL, that puts the user into unsupported area with RHEL 8 support. Would like to have podman as a support container engine.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 3 Planned for future release

Add Output File Size to Filter List in InFlight

Add a new filter that allows customers to search by the Output File Size. This should have an 'Equal / Greater Than / Less Than (Variable Condition). We should ALSO make this field available as a Column Selection in InFlight so customers can "show...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Planned for future release

Need MailClientAdapter for Exchange Web Service

Customers who have been using SI B2B Mail Client Adapter to receive mail from Exchange Online using the POP3 protocol will no longer be able to use POP or IMAP due to a change in the company's security policy. (And Microsoft itself) So, as an alte...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 3 Future consideration