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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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Enhancement to add automatic failover from an active CM node to another

Currently, we have CM installed on 4 servers and the configs are written to the local drive. If something were to fail on the active node, there is a manual fail-over process to not only copy the configs to another node (might not be possible if i...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 1 Future 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...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Meet the new names for huge and tiny numbers: The metric system has gotten an update

Numbers may be infinite, but our names for them aren't. That's why the metric system just got an update. Woodward Academy vs Langston Hughes Live Several new prefixes have been introduced to describe incredibly large and incredibly small numbers. ...
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Not under consideration

A Lasting Legacy of COVID: Far-Right Platforms Spreading Health Myths

WASHINGTON — Not long after Randy Watt died of COVID-19, his daughter Danielle sat down at her computer, searching for clues as to why the smart and thoughtful man she knew had refused to get vaccinated. She pulled up Google, typed in a screen nam...
about 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Not under consideration

JMS parameters in Inflight Delivery Event Details

When the files are delivered to JMS MQ at we are able see only the JMS queue in the Inflight Event details. It would be really helpful if other JMS parameter(SenderNonEDIID, ReceiverNonEDIID & DestinationProtocolSubject) also also being captur...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Request for Close all button in SPE Config:Center

The recent hyperlinking to the Next envelope name is very useful in Config Center. However, for validating one transaction set (Ex: X12 850: ST-GS-ISA 3 envelopes). I end up opening 6 windows as shown in the attached image and 6 times I need to cl...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Not under consideration

Allow under receiving at qty level - Currently it shorts the entire container

Store engagement currently allows over receiving once you receive a container. I can over receive any quantity. But there is no provision to under receive. If I do record damage on a container, it records the entire container as damaged. If a case...
about 2 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Password Security Controls

Password security controls for ICC administrator/user interface using local authentication are not sufficient: Minimum password length can’t be enforced. Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings don't exist Password hi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Password Security Controls

Password security controls for SSP administrator interfaces using local authentication are not allow enough password security controls: Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings are minimal and don’t comply with the sec...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release

Inactive User Accounts Controls - Administrator and user Accounts

Application parameter settings that do not automatically disable and/or remove user accounts after a specified period of inactivity may result in unauthorized access, modification, destruction, and/or disclosure of confidential information
about 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Not under consideration