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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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Support to create JSON null and binary type fields

Though the ITX maps are able to read and parse JSON null and binary data, it is unable to generate null or binary type fields using JSON schema. We would like to have the option added in ITX so as to create null and binary type fields like below u...
10 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Planned for future release

Enable IBMID/Federation at individual OMS application level

The enhancement will enable enterprises to configure sterling module (e.g., Contact Center, Store Engagement, Console) access/ login approach independently of the module. This would allow the enterprise to choose, per module, either log in via SSO...
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Provide password reset option in Order Hub Next generation

Provide password reset option in Order Hub Next generation. Legacy Order hub used to have IBM id created for the user and based on that we could create or reset password for the respective user from login screen. When Moved to next generation Orde...
about 2 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Create alert if the adapters do not come up after SI server comes back up.

It is critical for us when the SI app server comes up after being down or after patching to know if the required MQ adapters, Http server and Http Client adapters come up as expected. We want to be alerted if the MQ adapters and HTTP Server and HT...
4 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Under review

Upgrade from Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable and 2015 version

Upgrade from Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable and 2015 version being used in ITX11 to latest mainstream version of 2023 and version after that. The two version currently in use are considered end of life by Microsoft.
2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Planned for future release

Information systems which implement HTML 5 must adhere to the HTML 5 Security Standard.

Information systems which implement HTML 5 must adhere to the HTML 5 Security Standard. Changes to any other properties for the purpose of preventing cross-site vulnerabilities are not supported. Reference: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrat...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Needs more information

All input (user and service) must be validated on the server side to permit only the allowed characters and limited field length necessary for the corresponding function.

All input (user and service) must be validated on the server side to permit only the allowed characters and limited field length necessary for the corresponding function.
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Needs more information

Allow API access to control user access to VFS

We require the ability to query the webMethods.io MFT APIs to create/update users and create/update VFS permissions for users. Currently, we have over 50 VFS setup for external organisations to connect with over 400 credentials to manage. In an id...
2 months ago in webMethods Managed File Transfer SaaS 0 Submitted

User Portal Login protected with MFA

Currently when you enable the webMethods.io MFT HTTPS listener for users to login, users only require logging in with Username/password from across the world. Username and password authentication is not generally strong enough and it can be diffic...
2 months ago in webMethods Managed File Transfer SaaS 0 Submitted

Uploading of Test Files to be Optional for IBMers

While uploading a map to Config Hub it is mandatory to upload a valid Input file even in CTE, along with the Source and Compiled map.
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration