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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Be able to call/use password exit routine with locally installed Aim Client.

Currently the Windows Exit routine on v6.2.0.4 uses Rest API to connect to cyberark. We would like to see the exit routine being able to call a locally installed claim client to retrieve the password.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

Red Hat Linux clustering/HA support

A number of clients ask about about HA solutions and clustering support for Connect:Direct with Red Hat Linux. I've had a search around, but only found the usual (old) docs on HA support with AIX/Solaris/HP-UX/Windows. I was trying to find somethi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

Update a watched directory location for Integrated File Agent

For stand alone File Agent, a user can update/correct a watched directory location. This seems like a basic function and yet it doesn't exist for Integrated File Agent. If a watched directory location has to be updated for Integrated File Agent, i...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add Audit Log Capabilities to File Agent

For Stand alone and Integrated File Agent, some kind of auditing feature needs to be added. Currently messages are created showing that the configuration has been updated, but what in the configuration was updated? This is what shops need to know.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 4 Future consideration

RPM for automated installation

We need a RPM installation package for Connect:Direct to simple deploy in our Cloud enviroment. The RPM must inform all dependencies for a automated instalation process (like Puppet).
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Request for support running Connect:Direct Windows in the CLOUD with new MS Server and SQL

We would like to deploy our C:D Windows into the Cloud using Google Cloud for one instance and Microsoft Azure for another. We would like to see certification for running C:D Windows in those environments as well as supporting MS Server 2016 and M...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

CD Windows: Support por codepages ISO-8859-1 and ISO-8859-15

Actually Cd Windows uses mlang.dll of Microsoft for codepage transaltion. This mlang.dll can't work with codepages ISO-8859-1 and ISO-8859-15. CD Windows must be changed to use another APIs to support ISO Latin codepages
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 4 Not under consideration

Quantum safe encryption for Connect:Direct data exchange

All Connect:Direct customers
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Not under consideration

CIphers configuration for Connect Direct Web Services

Connect Direct Web Services configuration should allow to limit list of allowed ciphers. Similar functionality is present for protocol configuration under "server.ssl.enabled-protocols”. Support for similar parameter e.g. "server.ssl.enabled-ciphe...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Adding in additional triggers for alt.comm.outbound

The idea behind this is to allow alt.comm.outbound to be triggered for other situations. Such as TCP timeouts after a session had been initiated.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration