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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...
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...

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SSO Authentication

Need OMS to integrate directly with customer's ID provider so they don't have to use IBM ID.
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3

Information systems are not to allow users to compose challenge questions.

Challenge questions must be chosen from an EY-approved list. Information systems are not to allow users to compose challenge questions. During a challenge interaction, the challenge questions are to be selected at random by the information system ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / User Administration 0 Submitted

The user’s current password must be validated while changing challenge questions and response phrases.

The user’s current password must be validated while changing challenge questions and response phrases. Authentication is required for changing a user's challenge and response phrases.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / User Administration 0 Submitted

Password cannot be obscured in CSR Create property file

Hi Team, We are using HSM to create certificates. While creating a CSR, if I provide the store password as OBSCURED, I am getting the following error. However, if I use a normal password, I do not encounter this error. Please note that we are not ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add Certificate Authentication capability to the CD Web Services REST API web interface (swagger).

CD Web Services supports certificate authentication for the web UI and also for REST API calls, but the provided web UI interface for testing REST API (swagger, path is cdws-doc/signOn.html) does not. This makes it difficult to design and test sol...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Enable use of wildcards in the Watched directories list of File Agent

Currently one can only define a list of directories in CDFA. Each of this directory must be explicitely defined and hence cannot contain wildcards. The "Monitor sub-directories" option can be activated but this can result, in case of a complex dir...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 2 Not under consideration

License FASP at SSP rather than the endpoints. Add FASP support to SSP for additional protocols

FASP licensing could be applied to SSP rather than the underlying endpoints thereby allowing bridging to be performed where a multitude of underlying endpoints route through that SSP instance. Currently each endpoint has to be licensed individuall...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Future consideration

Failure Handling

It would be better if we can -> had a failure handling option in PEM (like on fault in SI) -> call another activity from one activity Let us know, for more details
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 0 Planned for future release

Enhanced messaging for various message states within job log to allow automation

Today - the only way to verify message processing is to log into Connect:Direct and check the current status. We would like it when messages go into the various states (specifically a wait state) for a message to put but out to the started task jo...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Make FGArrivedFile REST API useable.

A great use for the Sterling REST API would be to query the FGArrivedFile, FGRoute, and FGDelivery endpoints in order to build a modern delivery dashboard for business users.This is currently impossible with the current implementation due to a cou...
over 4 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Future consideration