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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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Ability to generate CDT differences between two CDT Full export and apply the differences to a target environment

Configuration differences to largely automate migration of differential configuration from a lower work stream to a higher work stream without re-typing. Configuration differences to automate removal of configuration from a higher work stream if i...
almost 4 years ago in Self Service Tool 2 Future consideration

Make Connect Direct for z/OS the only handler of encryption and decryption. We dont want to grant users access to the Cryptografic Services Facility

We have noticed that Connect Direct for z/OS requests users submiting a job to have READ access to the CSFSERV when using any of the GCM ciphers.We want to use the highest available cipher without compromising the security by granting unrequired r...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add check Box to show default rules in BPN

BPN does not have the capability of checking the default rules created for a specific customer business alias.If a checkbox is added, the Implementer/PER/Support teams will be able to easily identify the default rules created for the customer. It ...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Future consideration

Increase max lenght for Direct Connection input fields - InFlight Protocol setups

We have situations where Trading Partners want to host direct connections like FTP, FTPs, and SFTP. Currently InFlight limits the user name field to 25 characters. We are now encountering partners that insist on using user names longer than this l...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration

Adding "Dictionary password checker" for password

Prevent clients from using common word for password.. e.g. password
almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Additional attribute fileds for INBOX view in sterling document tracking

Request to add additional attribute fields for INBOX view in sterling document tracking to have more searchable fields based on on the business data logging. Currently, IBM sterling is having only one attribute field available in INBOX view to fil...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 4 Future consideration

SCCD deploy xlate tables

We need to use SCCD to deploy user configured xlate tables to CD Linux and CD Windows servers. We have more than 2100 servers, and if we need to change the xlate tables in all of them one by one, the cost in hours it's not affordable.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

Having mode T or O dynamic in APIs through CXTransferSubmit in CX Unix (linux) for Societe Generale

Due to a concentration project at Societe Generale where all transfers are going to be concentrated in a Central Hub (SFG + CX) we faced an issue regarding the mixed of partners defined in mode T and Partners in mode O. In order to not multiply th...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Usability 2 Planned for future release

Deferred Processing based on number of documents in a file

e have implemented only the time based deferred processing on SCBN with the minimum timeframe of 180 sec and it seems Electrolux now wants us to implement the batching on the basis of the number of documents as well which is not possible to achiev...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 5 Not under consideration

Upgrade/Fix Installation should log and recreate the custom Database Indexes dropped during the installation

As per the current design , Fix installation drops all the Custom Indexes created on Database and recreates the Database schema without the custom indexes dropped. Customers will be having lot many custom changes (Custom Indexes) done on Databa...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 1 Planned for future release