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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...
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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Support STARTTLS SMTP

Our system implemented the use of STARTTLS SMTP and we cannot send emails from SFG
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Not under consideration

User should not be allowed to login to the application using same or different browsers/devices

User should not be allowed to login to the application using same or different browsers/devices.This is big security vulnerably for banking and Telecom projects and have been highlighted by DAST teams
about 6 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Disable Terminal SSH to Secure Proxy from External (Adapter)

We are currently running the latest version of Secure Proxy and are able to ssh (terminal) through the adapter to the SSP host. Although we are not able to login, it is an audit finding to prompt for credentials. Should simply close the session. I...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Future consideration

Need SFG to ignore the case for user name

We want the clients ability to connect to SFG using an userid not worrying about case, I.e., say in SFG the user id is called DTCCTEST we want the user to be able to use any case dtcctest or DTCCTEST or DTCCTest etc and SFG to be able to allow the...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Add captcha for IBM WSC OrderHub portal for additional security

Problem Statement - Brute-force attack/Reverse brute-force attack issues in the Order Hub console reported by security team. Description - When the attacker gets a hold of either username or password by some means, they can systematically check fo...
about 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 5 Not under consideration

Enhance handling of OutOfMemory exceptions for custom designed BPs

Hi, We faced outofmemory exception & UI unresponsiveness due to large resultset returned from database. We would appreciate if SI/SFG could have controls inside it to handle such errors.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 3 Needs more information

Improved Program Reporting from PEM

It's very difficult to know the status of our program even at the most basic level. I'm looking for some basic numbers such as: Number off Invites How many have started? How many have done nothing? How many are totally complete with the process?...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Reporting 1 Planned for future release

Allow creation of app/integration servers on OMoC to designate which server to implement on.

With normal on-prem implementation the customer has the ability to define what agent and integration servers run on what hardware to provide some degree of high availability as well as balance load on the servers. With the OMoC self-serve tool and...
about 6 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Functionality already exists

Automation of In-Place Node Renames -- CDU/CDW

Various application teams are approaching us for Connect:Direct high availability architecture guidance and advice -- or have decided to strengthen their C:D architecture -- after initial software installation. This is resulting in hundreds of CDW...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Regarding user account creation alert in SI/SFG

Hi Team, We do not have any option to get an alert or notification whenever we create a new user in Sterling Dashboard or File-Gateway, It will be good if we can have an alert in security point of you, Please let me know if you need any other info...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Needs more information