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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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Request to extend AS2 user password length to 100 or more chars, and/or enable User Identity Key authentication method for AS2

We are unable to accommodate AS2 connections to CPI due to username and password length limitations. This has a risen during a POC with client Haleon who have already commited to a further 6 connections that we currently can't facilitate. We have ...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 3 Planned for future release

Cleanly handle EBICS Requests with no post data or methods other than POST

Customers regularly receive requests to the EBICS URL which have no post data. This causes the EBICS handler BP to throw a NULL document error creating noise in the logs and meaning the BP fails. Sometimes this is just an error but often the EBICS...
about 2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards 0 Submitted

Allow Remote Profiles to have two passwords attached (Primary and Backup)

Attempt passwords in order when establishing the remote connection When a password is updated, automatically move the current value to the backup password and set the new value to the primary password. For key-based authentication, allow primary a...

AI-Powered B2BI Tuning Recommender

IBM Sterling B2BI provides a wide range of configuration options to maximize performance. As file volumes increase due to business growth, manually identifying and applying the right tuning adjustments becomes complex and time-consuming. Currently...
14 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Submitted

provide WmTNStub package to IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration

In webmethods cloud container a solution is available to seamlessly migrate Trading Network solutions developed on-prem to the cloud.it is possible to import all TN assets to B2B cloud and all integration server packages that have a dependency on ...
4 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Under review

Historical data needed for ICD-10 Diagnosis codes

Reference Case: TS020156791, TS014894344 ICD10 code sets (T5_896 and T5_897) was enhanced in year 2023 to include start and end dates for multiple fiscal years. This was done at the request of Deloitte case TS014894344, and it was decided then to ...
14 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 0 Under review

Migrate all files from an old SI Documents to new repository

When SI property jdbcService.document_dir is updated, new files are stored on the new location, but existing files remain on the previously configured location. There is no functionality to migrate data from old to new location. This is an enhance...
14 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

"Forgot password" feature in myFG2.0 application

Today, if one of our partners who uses myFG2.0 loses their password, they must contact us to request a new password. With the large number of partners we have, password loss events have become frequent and the recovery method, via email or phone, ...
6 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 2 Future consideration

Support Oracle RAC in load balance mode

IBM's largest customers have invested heavily to implement Oracle RAC databases for resilience but due to the way B2Bi's database is designed there are performance implications to switching on RAC load balance mode. This forces all queries to a si...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Submitted

Sterling CCM should support Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) in MS-SQL

A recent Pen Test found hashed system passwords in the 'CC_FILES' table in the SCCM database. The recommendation is to use Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) on the SQL tables. However on raising this with IBM, it was found that SCCM does not support DDM ...
4 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Submitted