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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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Integration with Azure Entra ID for user authentication

User authentication support with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0 in the Sterling B2B Integrator product, for integration with Azure Entra ID.Not just LDAP support.

Keep Netmap CREATED, UPDATED, USED AS xNODE fields

There are inconsistencies with the logic of the NETMAP entry fields, CREATED, UPDATED, and USED AS xNODEs, as they can lose true history of the netmap entries. CREATED Date/Time stamp is lost on the netmap unload and load process and if $$REPLACE ...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Unfreeze top panel of transactions

The top panel of transactions takes up a lot of space and when scrolling down that part is frozen in the browser making the number of transactions we can see at the same time very low (only around six when), see screenshot (the yellow part doesn't...
about 2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

Increase large file content to more than 16k

The limit on file content in transaction view is quite low. Can it be possible to get a setting for this instead?
about 2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

More columns in transaction view

It would be helpful when monitoring to be able to choose more columns than 10.
about 2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

Ability to invoke a BP in a specific queue other than its default queue

In order to prioritize processing of certain transactions over others in common BP's it would be useful if we were able to specify a specific queue for an Async BP to be invoked in rather than have it invoked in its default queue.
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Under review

Saving preferences on transaction view

Possibility to save preferences such as: Keeping columns in the view Number of transactions on a page Number of attributes in attribute view As it is now, it all resets everytime the log is left and revisited.
2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

More sorting choices available

It would be appreciated to be able to choose more possibilities to sort. There is also a bit of an inconsistency of how a group is sorted. The list of transactions are sorted descending but within a group the sorting is ascending.
2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

Enable SEAS to directly consume SAML/OIDC passed roles.

Enhancement request for the SEAS (STERLING External Authentication Server) service. Request SEAS have the ability to consume roles or entitlements through federation service, all roles are passed through the federated service from a role that is s...
5 months ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 0 Submitted

CDW - Reduce windows user permission on Transfer ID/Proxy ID instead of granting local admin

CDW - Reduce windows user permission on Transfer ID/Proxy ID instead of granting local admin Currently must required the ID to be part of the administrators group. If the TransferID/Proxy ID (AD user) can be a normal user, that would be great beca...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Under review