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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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Supoprt for HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System)

What version of Sterling Connect:Direct Linux/Windows will support Hadoop HDFS? Do you have any release date? I found similar thread at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=65228 but I didn't see any updates. T...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Validation failure message box

Currently it is possible to add validation to dialogs in tasks. When a partner does not complete/answer accurately there is no way to specifically tell them what to fix. There is a red X next to the field which is in violation, but not what they a...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Single Sign On for PEM

Support Single Sign On for PEM to allow integration with identity management systems. This critical to comply with security requirements and verify user/partner identity. From a user experience, this is needed to provide a more seamless client/par...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release

SCBN B2Bi SaaS Essentials (VAN) - CICS - Automatic Proactive Notifications

Automatic Proactive Notifications – If we have failure to VANs, we require the functionality to email a notification. Also, to have this cover inbound data processing errors on data received from other VANs. What is the problem we are trying to so...
7 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Value-Added Network (VAN) 1 Under review

SCBN B2Bi SaaS Essentials (VAN) - CICS - Bulk ID Migrations – competitor VANS have this functionality

Bulk ID Migrations What is the problem we are trying to solve? Not having to manually migrate one id at a time when there is a large migration as it can be very time consuming. What is the impact of how it is currently working? Migrate one id at a...
7 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Value-Added Network (VAN) 1 Under review

SCBN B2Bi SaaS Essentials (VAN) - CICS - Ability to resend mailbags from the MBER screen.

Ability to resend mailbags from the MBER screen. The MBER will show expired mailbags - mailbags that haven't been acknowledged by another VAN within the time window. Van Admin then contacts the other VAN to confirm if they received and processed t...
7 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Value-Added Network (VAN) 1 Under review

Sterling Filegateway - Global mailbox support for the MQ FTE protocol

We are looking for Global mailbox support for the MQ FTE protocol. This is primary protocol used on our side for Intranet transfers.
2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

Multi-Factor Authentication for Sterling Integrator 6.x

Requesting Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Sterling Integrator 6.x Dashboard console log in. Currently, the application allows to create account locally or integrated with AD. Requesting MFA to add another layer of security and authentication.
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

In Control center Queued Process view should be cleared automatically

In the Control Center, for a process or session to be moved from the “Queued Process” view to the “Completed Processes” view, there should be an end event for the process/session. In certain situations, the process may stay in the “Queued Processe...
11 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Performance 0 Planned for future release

ICAP scanning required for files pulled and pushed by Sterling Integrator

Files that are pushed by external vendors are scanned via ICAP protocol in Sterling Secure Proxy. But the files that are pulled by Sterling Integrator are not scanned as they do not pass through SSP. This leaves a big gap in the scanning feature o...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Planned for future release