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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...
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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Request enhancement to failover characteristic for B2B Integrator/SFG

We would like to request an enhancement of the failover characteristic of the product. During functional testing we have observed delays of up to an hour in re-establishing normal operations of the UI and scheduler in the surviving nodes. The test...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 1 Delivered

Cognos using ICC issued certificate

We are required to use certificates issued by Boeing Certificate Authority and not the certificate that is generated by ICC.

SSH User Identity Key > 2,048 bit

Partner ask to generate a auth key of 4,096-bit or larger, however Sterling menu doesn't allow for any key size except 1,024, 1,536 or 2,048. Also, there does not appear to be a documented and supported method to generate a key pair using a comman...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Delivered

SFTP SSH Known Host Key ssh-ed25519 format

our customer are using ssh-ed25519 ssh key format we are not bael to add this format in SI SSH Known Host Key
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 3 Delivered

Is Sterling Connect:Express 1.5.0.17 compatible with Sterling Filegateway/B2Bi v6.2.0.4?

We need to know if these versions are compatible. Product upgrade planning depends on the response.
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Other 1 Delivered

Is Sterling Connect:Express Windows 3.1.0.17 compatible with Sterling File Gateway/B2Bi 6.2.04?

We need to know if these versions are compatible. Product upgrade planning depends on the response.
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Other 1 Delivered

Certificate-based authentication support for Connect:Direct RESTful API

Connect:Direct Java API supports certificate-based authentication. IBM Sterling Control Center also can use certificate-based authentication to connect and manage Connect:Direct settings. However latest version of RESTful API supports only user/pa...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Delivered

Increase the size of Default_config.json in CDFA 6.3

have observed in the wild (namely, banking sector customer support scenario), that when the default_config.json is larger than 1MB, integrated FA fails to either import the new configuration, save new config or reopen the configuration for editing...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 4 Delivered

Should be able to import ED25519 format remote SFTP host keys

This functionality would allow B2B Integrator to manage SFTP file transfer activities with trading partners who are using ED25519 format remote host keys.
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 8 Delivered

Add Data Delay and Outage Notifications to InFlight application

Currently client notifications for Data Delays or Communication Outages are provided via a notification system that sends emails or voice messages to a configured distribution list for each account. It would be helpful if these notifications could...
over 7 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Delivered