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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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Properly document SEAS

There are many screens in SEAS UI that are not documented at all or fully.

A set of SQL queries tied to the Activity Snapshot tool is creating an overhead on the database and could be effectively optimised.

We have an issue with the overhead of a specific set of SQLs in SFG 6.1.1.1. IBM confirmed that these queries have been looked at for version 6.1.1.3 but as we have no details of the changes, we’d like to create an Idea. These are the SQLs seen ru...
about 2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 0 Submitted

ITXA should allow the functional map to be opened in the new window.

Right now, while doing mapping in ITXA, if we want to move from one functional map to another or to the main map or vice-versa. The new maps always open in the same window which makes it quite difficult to work with the mapping. especially when we...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / B2Bi Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

ITXA should have an option to allow users to search based on FUNCTION name or what function does just like what we have in SI Mapper.

Right now, while doing the mapping in ITXA, we need to search the function manually and only by name. There is no search bar or anything which allows us to search based on the FUNCTION name or what FUNCTION does in ITXA. Add a search bar just in S...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / B2Bi Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

ITXA should show functions while doing the mapping in ITXA window the moment we start typing the function.

Right now, while doing the mapping, for every function we want to use we have to manually type that function regardless of the length of that function and this causes issues if even one character is wrong or absent in the function. What I want is ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / B2Bi Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

[Copy] ITXA - Import mxl maps from SI into SPE

When importing a map from SI into SPE, only the .txo is successfully imported and not the .mxl. This idea would ensure that both the .txo and .xml are imported, and would avoid the manual step of having to separately upload the .mxl to the map in ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Trading Partner UI 0 Submitted

ITXA - Import mxl maps from SI into SPE

When importing a map from SI into SPE, only the .txo is successfully imported and not the .mxl. This idea would ensure that both the .txo and .xml are imported, and would avoid the manual step of having to separately upload the .mxl to the map in ...
2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Trading Partner UI 0 Submitted

null from JSON messages must not be treated as string "null"

When customer sends null for mandatory fields in a JSON message, this must be treated as empty field instead of string "null"
3 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Submitted

Extend Advanced Permission Management feature to SFG

Similar to the article below, however extend this feature for SFG. https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/tanvi-kakodkar1/2020/01/20/advanced-permission-management
4 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Disclose installation documents to users

We have documentation regarding Gentran:Director, but the last update is 2011. It looks obsolete. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sterling-gentrandirector-documentation