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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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Compliance Requirement

We have a requirement which needs your help with the possible solutions from the Sterling Secure Proxy application with minimal impact (post deployment). Here is the requirement: There is a portal called Connect portal where partners login with th...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

External Purge Memory settings are inconsistent between Windows and Linux/Unix and changing the memory settings is complicated

It is very confusing that Xmx for Ext Purge on Windows defaults to 512m no matter what the Noapp is tuned for. However on linux/Unix the -Xmx for External Purge is pulled from whatever the Noapp is set for. This is very inconsistent and can cause ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Order Hub node inventory details not able to show the supply vs demand breakup on a node

Node tabs which shows node inventory details does not show any distribution of Supply vs Demand on that individual node like what we see in console – It was present in Order Hub before but taken out as part of latest fix pack – Request for enhance...
5 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Allow System Certificates to work the same as CA Certificate groups

Currently when we generate a new System Certificate and want to install it to our HTTP Server Adapters, we need to take our environment down and schedule/coordinate the change of the certificates with all our AS2 customers. Not an easy task given ...
11 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 8 Future consideration

Myfilegateway 2.0 - Web UI customisation lack

Hello IBM team, we noticed a lack regarding the possibilities to customise the Web User Interface of myfilegateway 2.0. As myfilegateway 2.0 is a web client interface customer-orientated, it would be a good progress to suggest more configurati...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Planned for future release

Option to Disable Exporting Private keys from SSPCM

Currently we can export Private keys for SSL certificates and private SSH keys using export API in SSPCM which is a security concern. Having an option to disable exporting private keys will strengthen the application and comply with Banking securi...
2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

Linux systemd script implementation for Sterling Connect:Express

to Develop and test example IBM Sterling Connect:Express linux autoboot systemd control script since systemd is replacing init.d for RHEL 7 and other linux distributions.
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Usability 0 Submitted

Java LTS - SI/B2BI needs a defined roadmap plan for Java Long Term Support adoption (e.g. Java 11 & Java 17)

A path and solid timeline for upgraded Java Long Term Support version adoption needs to be defined for the entire suite of IBM Sterling products. Information Risk Management teams and groups are requiring all applications to migrate and leverage u...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 3

Unified Management of Connect Direct & Integrated File Agent

The current process to start/stop Connect Direct (CD) Integrated File Agent (IFA) requires a user to manually edit the init.parm settings each time they start/stop CD. The user has to manually edit the "cdfa.enable" parameter to "y" or "n" to sign...
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

CyberArk AIM Integration/Connector

As part of security's best practices, it is mandatory that all applications have a connector with CyberArk to retrieve passwords from functional users, so it isn't allowed to storage static passwords in the local servers/Properties files from appl...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 5 Not under consideration