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Sterling File Gateway

Support for ORacle 23c

A we are upgrading to Oracle 23c we use it for SFG and would like to make sure there is support for this release of Oracle DB.
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) Planned for future release

multiple file uploads using myFileGateway

The myfile gateway file uploads happen one file at a time even though it allows us to select multiple files at the same time.
about 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Other Functionality already exists

File transfer to AWS s3 via perimeter server

On the basis of security concerns Sterling filegateway comes with Perimeter server but when we connect to AWS s3 from SFG there is no option to route file via perimeter server. So to over come this we are raising this idea that when we transfer fi...
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Include native Multi-Factor Authentication against a variety of commercial MFA vendors

There are growing needs for integration with Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication. IBM File Gateway as well as IBM Sterling Secure Proxy need to be updated to natively support direct communication with a variety of SSO/MFA solutions with...
over 3 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security Not under consideration

Ability to manage multiple SSH Authorized user keys for a Partner

Currently we can only add/associate one SSH key to a user account from SFG UI. We need to go to SBI dashboard to associate multiple SSH keys to a user ID. This is a limitation within SFG UI but also adds a risk for user accounts which already have...
about 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration Planned for future release

Add support for RSA-OAEP Encryption algorithms to Sterling Integrator & File Gateway

Clients who exchange files with external partners may need RSA-OAEP encryption algorithms. Currently this is supported as a web service but not in the core functionality of the product. Lack of this is preventing more secure transfers when using S...
9 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security Not under consideration

Work on Multiple mailboxes using Myfg2.0

Hi Team, We have requirement to have one user access to multiple mailboxes. This has been configured for one of user - producer1. Using myfilegateway, we can list all the partner mailboxes and upload files. But on myfg2.0 , the partner name is not...
9 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration Submitted

Optimization to database queries for MailboxEvaluateAllRoutingRules

Applies to MSSQL (and likely other Database platforms) Performance of a core DB Query behind MailboxEvaluateAllAutomaticRules needs to be improved. Current queries as of 6.2 are expensive on Memory and TempDB usage and periodically run into perfor...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance Submitted

We are looking to capture KPI metrics from SFG in terms of max/min file size, cpu/memory usage

We are generating key monthly usage metrics from SFG. Here are some sample metrics.... Max/min file size Max/Min/Avg CPU Max/Avg memory Usage by protocol
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 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 ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security Future consideration