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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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Limit User permissions in MyFiles UI

Would like to enhance myFilesUI to restrict user functionality. For example restricting their ability to delete files from the Mailbox.
2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Report on the Ciphers and MAC algorithms and TLS versions in use for all trading partner connections

In order to be able to remove deprecated ciphers and algorithms, it is handy to know if any existing trading partners are utilising these to (a) determine impact of removal, and (b) identify and provide correspondence to affected partners when we ...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Enable the ability to copy text from the UI output.

Currently the only option for UI output is copying it as a picture, which has obvious drawbacks when copying and sharing information with business users. We are reduced to sending screenshots. It would be far better to be able to copy and share UI...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Submitted

AS2 File status updates

When trying to send a file to the customer, it shows in PCM that the file was successful. See screenshot #1. When you View Activity, it shows that the file/s were sent to AS2. See screenshot #2. However, the AS2 connection is not working. When tes...
10 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Submitted

Option to Disable Exporting Private keys from SSPCM

Currently we can export Private keys for SSL certificates and private SSH keys using export API in SSPCM which is a security concern. Having an option to disable exporting private keys will strengthen the application and comply with Banking securi...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

Add support for AES encryption algorithm for encrypt_string.sh tool in Sterling File Gateway

Would like to add support for using AES-256 encryption algorithm when encrypting clear-text values using encrypt_string.sh (obscure values) utility within the Sterling File Gateway installation. Current method seems to be using TripleDES which has...
3 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Submitted

Provision of adding of extra annotation to Statefulset/Pods using Helm charts Values file

While setting up IBM External Authentication Server in containerized way currently there is no Standard way of adding Extra Annotations to Statefulset/Pods in IBM SEAS helm charts using Values file Right now to add any extra annotations we need to...

Provision of adding of extra annotation to Statefulset/Pods using Helm charts Values file

While setting up IBM SSP in containerized way currently there is no Standard way of adding Extra Annotations to Statefulset/Pods in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy helm charts using Values file Right now to add any extra annotations we need to make chan...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

PCM allows conflicting setups that override each other with no warning

PCM allows conflicting setups that override each other with no warning For example on the typing side users can have 2 setups that both have the same sender, reciever, document type and when cm_coreprocess gets back the results from the typing ser...
6 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Submitted

Enable smart card login in myfilegateway

Since many companies use smart card login for security reasons, it was a good idea allow partners to login to myfilegateway using these method
3 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Submitted