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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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Sterling 9.5 compatibility with Oracle 19C

Oracle 12C is going on extended support. Most of the latest technology stack (including OMS 10 )supports the latest version of Oracle DB. Its very important to test and certify the compatibility of OMS 9.5 with Oracle 19C.
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 4 Delivered

Oracle 12.2 support

This idea is rather obvious. We need support for Oracle 12.2. The current compatibility list of ITX 9.0.0 lists version 12.1 only.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Delivered

Allow for generic or service accounts that don't expire passwords for systems making calls

Either allow for generic or service accounts with non-expiring passwords or allow for other authentication means for apps that are making calls. Resetting every x days is intrusive.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 3 Delivered

Ability to reject user access at proxy before authentication check

We would like the ability to create a proxy filter (blacklist) to block unknown user names that result in failed authentication attempts. Many of these attempts come from both domestic and foreign nations, so IP whitelisting is not useful to restr...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Delivered

Support for multiple endpoints for partners migrating from legacy MFT to SFG

When migrating partners from legacy MFT platforms to SFG, a campaign is required to inform partner about the change of systems, and any change they would have to do at their end. Partners being migrated will have a test environment and prod enviro...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Delivered

Certify OMS 10 with Db2 11.5

Looking to migrate from OMS 9.3 to OMS 10. OMS 10 is currently supported with Db2 11.1. The other included software components (e.g. Cognos, MQ) have support for Db2 11.5. Although different versions of DB2 can coexist peacefully, from an administ...
over 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Delivered

Support of Diffie Hellman Algorithm- Swithcing from SHA1 to SHA2

Tyco Electronics wants to switch over to SHA2 to trade with its partners. However the product doesn't support this feature. Not having SHA2 support in SSH handshake is preventing them to trade with their critical partners as some of their partners...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 8 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to IBM Control Center

No description provided
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 2 Delivered

Extensions to Compress with Connect:Direct

Our clients who are transferring from Connect:Direct are using windows.However, because of the smaller lrecl of the file being transferred, it will not be compressed for the following third specification: 1) CD z/OS to CD z/OS transfer will be in ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow for an upload of the CD export as text file for defining rules

Connect Direct Administration, File Agent Configuration: There is no business justification for the time needed to rebuild a ser file should it ever become corrupt. The File agent configuration has a nice feature to export to text. However the o...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 5 Delivered