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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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To consider allowing the consumption graphs and reports to show data based on the data refresh day

We have noticed that the system displays consumption graph by month as a whole (1st day to last day of month) meanwhile the data e.g SOH, Qty on order, in-transit qty and Reserved qty values are display as per the day of data refreshed (for PETRON...
almost 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

New Dutch language pack to be added to standard language packs

Dutch is a core European language and many European OMS clients have operations in the Benelux territory. The Netherlands is a major hub for European supply chain operations.
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Add new optional arguments available across all email templates

When customizing e-mail templates, it would be extremely beneficial to have specific data available as arguments/variables to add to any of the e-mail templates (if they make sense in the context of the email). These include: Partner company/organ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Planned for future release

Enhance C:D Rest API cdwebconsole/svc/processcontrolcriterias to allow definition of symbolic parameter values

The current approach enables to execute a static/hardcoded locally stored CDP process. This approach is very limited as for example you cannot specify a specific file name in a copy step to be transferred when executing. Therefore please extend th...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

ability to resend or restart archive data from inFlight

the resend or restart buttons are only available on the recent month data in the new inflight. The legacy would also allow resend and restart from the archive data. We would like this for the archive on the new inflight.
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement for a keystore password when running a silent upgrade

A manual upgrade does not require a keystore password, but a silent upgrade does. Removing the need for this keystore password would simplify the silent upgrade process and be more secure.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Is a defect

Any configuration information stored in the CCM database must be encrypted

Requirement stated by customer that all configured objects in the database must be encrypted. This includes audit information and any information containing IPs, host names and passwords. Whole-disk encryption, SAN storage encryption, and database...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 2 Future consideration

Customer requires complete encryption of all objects stored at rest in B2Bi/SFG database including trading partner information

Requirement has been stated by customer that all columns in the B2Bi/SFG database be encrypted, beyond what is hashed (passwords) and at-rest encryption (documents). This would include more recent sensitive information such as user names, IPs and ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Future consideration

Need to support configuration for all protocols regarding forward proxies

A customer with whom I am working requires forward proxies for all protocols they use, in this case FTPS, SFTP and HTTPS. Their expectation is that Secure Proxy support these protocols both as reverse and forward proxies.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy 0 Planned for future release

Ver display on IUI panel

If there are multiple instances of different NDM ver running, it will be easier to identify if the IUI panel has ver displayed. Attached screenshot will give the idea of what i meant. In this the right-side box has ver hardcoded. if there is a pan...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration