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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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IV doesn't allow syncing negative inventory postion like GIV does.

When an Absolute sync is done for Item-Node combination with -ve value IV ignores it. Where as we have this functionality in GIV
about 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 3 Future consideration

IV doesn't provide ability to differentiate various shipnodes by ship node type. As a result events published from IV cannot be filtered and/or distributed over separate channels within the external consumer by ship node type.

Currently in Ship Node configuration only Delivery method configuration is there need additional ability to differentiate DC vs Store so we can define various rules based on Ship Node type
about 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Future consideration

Allow provided service ordered quantity more than defined standard capacity per day

When Provided Services capacity management solution is implemented, one important use case is missed. If our maximum per day servicing capacity is 3 units per store ( resourcepool) and customer wants to order more than 3 units, the expectation is ...
about 4 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Monitored File Agents - Notification needed for "error in container"

The File Agent CDFA.log reports "error in container" messages in the log. We would like an associated message ID to be assigned to this so that a Control Center email notification can be set up. This will help our team clean up various File Agents...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Ability to import / update XSLTs from the command line to allow better automated deployments

We have many XSLT sheets in the B2B Integrator, but would like to have the source control of these XSLTs externalised from Sterling B2B Integrator and allow deployment via our automated deployment pipelines. Currently there is no ability to import...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Local "admin" account logon logs should be captured

Recently, we observed one issue with by default local accounts logon logs in Sterling Integrator application. Logs are getting captured when the authentication log is in debug mode. Logs are not getting captured when authentication log is in non-d...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Future consideration

Multiple Configuration Managers supporting proxy/perimeter servers

Currently SSPcm is a single point of failure since only 1 instance can manage a set of proxies. If the one instance goes offline, the proxies being managed a stop functioning correctly
over 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy 0 Future consideration

findInventory API does not allow to bypass inventory of shipnode passed in the input in case inventory transfer to be peformed forcefully

Hi, Now a days, we are getting requirements to implement scenarios to transfer the inventory from one node to the ship or pickup node though there is a inventory available in ship node. These are the route to store scenarios for most of the client...
over 6 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Future consideration

Disable Terminal SSH to Secure Proxy from External (Adapter)

We are currently running the latest version of Secure Proxy and are able to ssh (terminal) through the adapter to the SSP host. Although we are not able to login, it is an audit finding to prompt for credentials. Should simply close the session. I...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Future consideration

Implicit SSL is making a comeback with some sites due to its immediate application of SSL

Implicit SSL is generally not considered a best practice when setting up FTPS. The preferred alternative is Explicit SSL, which is the current standard for FTPS connections for B2B Integrator. However, some of our customers experience intense busi...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Future consideration

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