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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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Prevent Netmap Node deletion if node is referenced by a Functional Authority

When an admin retires a netmap node that is no longer needed, sometimes we end up with an orphaned Functional Authority (FA) referencing a now non-existent netmap node. To prevent this from occurring, a new functionality could be created where Con...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 0 Future consideration

Provide an audit of demand in a similar way to how inventory audit works today to see an audit of supply.

Whenever demand is created, cancelled, or closed by a reservation or schedule change the audit of that change should be written to a table. Could even use the existing YFS_INVENTORY_AUDIT table with the addition of a column to define whether a dem...
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Receive Certificate Expiration Warnings for Connect Direct Web Services on Control Center

Since Connect Direct Web Services is a component of Connect Direct and uses certificates for securing connections to the Connect Direct, there needs to be a way to receive warnings when a certificate is due to expire from Control Center.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Add REST API for the RUN TIME information

REST API for the RUN TIME details (Connect, Validate, Invalidate, Generate, etc.,) will be helpful and simplify the integration with other systems.
over 4 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Sterling B2Bi File Transfer Report type should include filename field.

The Sterling B2Bi File Transfer Report in the report configuration editor has a selection on filename for filtering on filename but the name of the files is not a field in the report. If it is selection value why isn’t it a report value? Wouldn't ...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Future consideration

Quantity Tiers to honor steps appropriately

Today For SKU 1234, When Qty Tiers are defined From Qty To Qty Price 1 10 100 11 50 90 51 unlimited 85 In a Quote/Order SKU 1234 Qty: 55 is priced as — Unit price 85 —> 85 X 55 It looks like the Pricing A...
almost 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

GCM mode for SFTP

We are seeing increased reluctance from partner organisations to trust CBC mode, due to OpenSSH's withdrawal of support for this mode by default. This leaves Secure Proxy with only CTR mode encryption as a widely accepted option. To ensure that we...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Future consideration

Alternative to +SETALL permissions requirement on IBM MQ Adapter connections using -EQN

IBM MQ Adapter connections often use the -EQN facility to designate an alternate queue from the input -QN so that error messages do not get stuck in the input queue and interfere with message processing over time. The use of -EQN requires the ...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 0 Future consideration

Key Certificate Management

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almost 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Future consideration

Integrate parcel zones into promising depth

When promising, some customers don't want to go beyond a general "next day" parcel concept. While it's possible to add carriers and use those in promising, our customers don't need that level of accuracy. Rather, they look at something like UPS's ...
almost 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration