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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...
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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...
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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 ...
11 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Customized views in transaction view

It would be useful to be able to save a set of columns for specific use cases. For example when we are searching for Purchase Orders we might be interested in a specific set of columns and when searching for Invoices we might be interested in a di...
8 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Future consideration

Allow System Certificates to work the same as CA Certificate groups

Currently when we generate a new System Certificate and want to install it to our HTTP Server Adapters, we need to take our environment down and schedule/coordinate the change of the certificates with all our AS2 customers. Not an easy task given ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 10 Future consideration

Call HSM for synchronous backups from Connect Direct

We would like to include in our Connect Direct process a call to HSM to make synchronous backup of important production dataset received or sended to be able to make a fast recover in case of corruption or data lost. We have tried to make calls to...
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Future consideration

Urgent Support Request – SharePoint Adopter Configuration

Hi Team, I have successfully set up the connection to SharePoint using the IBM-provided SharePoint adopter, and it is functioning as expected—a highly effective solution. However, the current configuration requires passing the site name with...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Improve Message ID XCMM005I

Actually to know what user is that who gets the error XCMM005I its necessary explore the logs and see the line before from the next message: STAR=20250527 09:07:23.950|CCOD=8|RECI=XCMM|RECC=CAEV|OSID=3589|TZDI=7200|MSGI=XCMM005I|MSGT=The submit co...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Decouple Order Service Dependency on Cassandra

Currently, Order Service relies on Cassandra for index data before triggering a search in Elastic. This dependency on Cassandra for search operations in Order Service can cause service disruptions during a Cassandra outage. Additionally, the time ...
8 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

PGP Encryption/Decryption of a file with multiple recipients

Trading Partners may encrypt a file using multi-recipient encryption. For instance, they may encrypt a file with our Public PGP key as well as their own key. When we receive that file, we should be able to decrypt using our private key. Symantec a...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

Add a "reject" button in addition to approve and defer.

The current practice of our users, if they do not want to accept the tool's recommended parameters, is to make a note, select "approve" but leave the export button unchecked. It can be difficult to determine whether or not the tool's recommendatio...
over 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Audit db query client

We have several audits that question access to db, especially the access to customer data and the ability to download PII data in bulk through this mechanism. We need a mechanism to Audit the SQLs run across certain tables which have PII data and ...
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

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