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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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Change security logs format

The security logs can be changed to display more information in a single line. It will help security teams to identify who creates/deletes users or groups.
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Not under consideration

High availability for Connect Direct Manager running in a sysplex.

Hi,We are looking for a high availability solution for Connect Direct Manager. We currently have one CD manager running in a sysplex and are at risk of this task going down and not restarting as there is no fallback for this component. We would li...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Allow user to override Change History for Code List versions

Currently, the number of codes is saved in "Change History" for each version. However, there are times when several versions are created for testing purposes. Having the ability to put a meaningful description (like we do for maps) would be very u...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Future consideration

Multi Factor Authentication for Administrator accounts

Need to be able to require Multi Factor Authentication for administrative accounts in B2BI, SSPCM, SEAS.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Not under consideration

Allow deletion of files from global mailboxes in MyFileGateway

When working with global mailboxes and the myfilegateway web interface, customers are unable to delete files. Delete works when connecting using sftp or ftp. Need to be able to delete files in myfilegateway
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1

Ability to Add, delete, Update Servers and Ability to Add, delete, Update Metadata Rules & Metadata Actions through API

We need ability to perform below configurations in Control Center through API interface - Add, update, delete a server to control center Add, update, delete a server group to control center Add, update, delete a Metadata Rule to control center Add...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

I would like to see control center monitor use active directory as an authenticator vs just SQL authentication when connecting to a MSSQL database

For security reasons we don't use SQL Authentication for local accounts. We use domain service accounts. We would like to see the CC adopt this option for authentication.
10 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

Observability Dashboard for Synchronization Jobs Performance

Monitoring Dashboard of IV processes. Supply, Demand, Reservation Async Jobs Performance Dashboard with KPIs like Average Processing Time, Max on Daily/Weekly/Monthly Periods, and Adherence to SLAs.For example, avg time to complete Supply Sync cal...
10 months ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Future consideration

Need to accomodate larger volume for OMS table YFS_SHIPMENT column Total_Volume

Need to accomodate larger volume for OMS table YFS_SHIPMENT column Total_Volume Field to be defined something like TOTAL_VOLUME Decimal (16,4) ... and not TOTAL_VOLUME Decimal(14,4) At the moment the TOTAL_VOLUME(14,4) does not accomodate over siz...
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Future consideration

Extend REST API to return adapter status

In Secure Proxy GUI you can examine the status of the adapters by going to Monitoring-> Engine Status(ALL) -> Engine Name and see whether each adapter is running. This functionality is not present in the REST API. You can lookup the configur...
10 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration