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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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As IBM support feedback from TS011512648. Connect Direct does not have a file locking feature on the NAS level. This should be basic security features when it comes to moving of files. appreciate if this could be added in the future release of Connect Direct.

Basic Security feature comes from the OS level that should be handled also on Connect Direct.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Access right control in file gateway

HI IBM , a s we want to separate different level access right in file gateway , we only want to show the routes – activity . But don’t want to show the replay or redeliver function .Also , we want to show grey in participants function. When we do ...

PEM CM must use both authentication methods: local and sso

Currently the PEM Community Manager container can only be launched in two ways: -e APP=cm for local users. These users are created in Sterling Integrator with identity: cmadmin -e APP= sso-ssp-seas. To use SSO for authentication users from AD So o...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Permission/Roles 0 Submitted

XML to EDI outbound data does not inlcude reference to ST envelope within InFlight

Whether source format is FLAT file or XML file, we should always display ST envelope details in inflight (if we can find a match during enveloping service). In a nXML_TO_EDI flow, XML flow uses typing service where a typing map is executed (instea...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

CD Unix- CODEPAGE with "iconv -c" or substitution char

When CODEPAGE parameter is used for a transfer, iconv api is used internally by CD to codepage traduction in CDUnix-Linux and CDzOS (CDWindows doesn't use iconv, it's using Microsfot's API mlang.dll). When in the content of the source file there i...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 9 Functionality already exists

Need to Check changes done to Schedule of business process

Schedule of the business process is getting disabled , so need to know how can we check time when the process was disabled and if any ID.
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Support generic S3-compatible object store for document storage

On the Sterling roadmap is support for backing the B2Bi container document store with cloud object storage. Our company has on-site S3-compatible object storage (via Dell EMC ECS) - please ensure the S3 support includes S3-compatible setups and no...

Allow customization of LDAP ping "dummy" user

It is possible to configure a periodic "heartbeat" that checks the connection to External Auth, and it is also possible to have it attempt an LDAP bind (via the ea.ping.profile setting). However, when it does this LDAP bind, it uses a fake user ("...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Reprint of Pick list on Store engagement (angular) UI

One a pick list is printed using Store engagement UI there is no option for reprinting the pick list. Some time pickers misplace/loss the pick list in that case they need to reprint the pick list.
about 6 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 2 Planned for future release

Global Mailbox - Replicate New Trading Partners/etc To All Data Centers

When a trading partner is created in one data center, it should replicate to the other data centers. I should not have to export/import the data. This feels like an intentional blocker to push clients to pay for PEM. If it truly is global, what ha...
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration