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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...
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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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    Add Transfer Method in use (Text or Binary) for CDW and CDU

    During our transfers from remote partners, we are frequently called to assist others with translation and file transport issues. Many of our remote users are unaware of the CD processes in use and how they function. We need to have the ability to ...
    4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

    Enhancing Attribute Display Flexibility in XML Schema Type Trees

    When using an XML schema directly as a type tree, the attributes are typically presented in alphabetical order rather than the original sequential order defined in the schema. According to the XML schema specification, the order of attributes does...
    4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Under review

    Mailbox delete should mark all mailbox data for deletion

    Customer urgently needs the mailbox delete options shown in the attached image to delete all data associated with the mailbox entry. Some data is being marked for deletion, but not everything. They need all data associated with that mailbox entry ...
    8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance / Usability 1 Planned for future release

    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 2 Not under consideration

    "Soft Stop" functionality for SSP engines for upgrading without service interruptions

    Currently even though we have multiple SSP engines it isn't possible to perform a true "high availability" upgrade of the engines because anybody who is connected to an individual SSP engine will be disconnected when the engine is taken down for p...
    over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 3 Future consideration

    Passwordless connection to built-in local PostgreSQL

    This enhancement should allow to use alternate access options to local PostgreSQL other than locally encrypted password to PostgreSQL user. Proposed solutions include: certificate-based authentication (preferred, if technically feasible) password ...
    about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 12 Future consideration

    Monitor Alert on Self Service Process Failures

    If a self service process falis ( server trigger failued ) we need a alert on the email
    8 months ago in Self Service Tool 0 Planned for future release

    Mask or Don't Include Passwords In Connect Direct Process Scripts that have been built in Connect Direct Web Services or Connect Direct Browser UI

    Currently when a user builds a process in CDWS or CD Browser UI, the password is in plain text if a pnode/snode ID is used with password. This is a security vulnerability and should be addressed. We realize that there is no way to stop a user from...
    over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

    Receiver mailslot information should be available from Inflight Events and in the Inflight filters

    Below are the existing situations: Currently the customer see only MQ Message ID and MQ Correlation ID from the Inflight. However, no mailslot information is available there. Current Challenges: From the Inflight, the customer doesn’t have the v...
    4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Needs more information

    Implement an audit history to show updates that are made to rules, data uploads, etc.

    Useful to see when updates are made to rules, who makes the updates, what the old settings were, and what the new settings are.
    8 months ago in Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

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