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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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New DGADNTLD PARM=SYNTAX

Requesting DGADNTLD parameter called SYNTAX. This should be similar to the $$SYNTAX option for updating Netmaps. We would like to be able to syntax check our new netmap source code before actually trying to load it into the NETMAP VSAM file. This ...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Add native 2 Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA) for external MyFileGateway users

Banking security standards require that external customer access to banking systems require Multi-Factor Authentication. While IBM offer SEAS, and the ability to build customised connectivity to external 2FA providers, this introduces risk whene...
over 4 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Functionality already exists

Allow CSR to Select Alternate UOM for Ordering

Sterling OMS supports placing orders using alternate UOM. For example, ordering a product by the CASE instead of EACH. The conversion quantity from the inventory UOM to the alternate UOM for ordering is setup in the item master. However, currently...
5 months ago in Call Center 1 Submitted

OpenTelemetry (or ELK) integration for Connect:Direct statistics

Utilizing an infrastructure like Splunk and ELK, one can trivially create dashboards, event monitoring, web hooks etc. These help to understand and analyze the changing requirements, i.e. provide convincing information about your additional licens...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Not under consideration

Provide method to support EBICS SEPA XML Containers

The EBICS v3 BTF includes a container parameter which can be set to ZIP or XML. The XML option means that all files that match the download parameters must be combined as a single XML file according to the requirements set out in the German DFU ag...
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards 0 Submitted

SFTP Client Adapter “ResponseTimeout” setting does not have the desired effect causing hung BP activity

SFTP Client Adapter “ResponseTimeout” setting does not have the desired effect causing hung BP activity Documentation Reference Links for B2BI 5.2.x/6.0.3/6.1.0: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS3JSW_5.2.0/com.ibm.help.svcs_adpts_m_z....
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Future consideration

Encrypt data in Memory

Sterling Secure Proxy engine in the DMZ stores the configuration data in the memory but in a plain text, this enhancement request is to encrypt the sensitive data in the memory so the information is protected from various external and internal thr...
10 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Planned for future release

Reject clearly the SSH key when unencrypted

When checking-in a new SSH user identity key, if the key is not encrypted, then SBI accepts it anyway but the key is unusable (check-out failure). If SBI requires the key to be encrypted then it should mention it clearly and it should not allow th...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Onboarding 1 Future consideration

Enable CRL Cache for CRL Check using the Distribution Points

No description provided
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Usability 0 Future consideration

encryption of passwords in setup.cfg

There are multiple passwords mentioned in the file setup.cfg - database, truststore, test mode, etc. these passwords are expected to be encrypted as per customers security requirements. Currently these are in plaintext.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release