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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Connect Direct File Agent: Encryption and Decryption of keystore and truststore password

To setup client certifcate authentication for the File Agent, keystore and truststore passwords are required to be specified in clear text either on the command line or in a .lax file. Since the passwords are in clear text, this creates a security...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

NonStop Connect Direct - RFE - SYSOPTS in a snode RUN TASK should be displayed always

If a snode sends a file to us and then makes a “run task” using TACL, then we cannot see what happens in this run task. Only in case run task has CC > 0 then we see in the sysopts what was the infile that was started by this run task TACL. But ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Delivered

Add support for Windows Server 2019 for Connect:Direct File Agent

CDFA is currently not supported on WS2019.

Request to remove the limit of 17 characters for the User ID at the adjacent node on C:D HP NonStop System

We are faced with a situation where for reasons beyond our control, we must use the domain name with the user (example: fa_45lmo99@hello_it_sourcompany.production.com).As part of a large-scale project with dozens of C:D interfaces running on HPNS,...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

Connect:Direct Certification for SLES 15SP2

No description provided
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 2 Delivered

Restore Drop Down Menu for CDWS

In CDWS 6.0.0.3 a drop down menu was present so that the user could select a remote node. In version 6.0.0.5 this functionality was replaced by a search box where the user has to unplug the first three letters of the node name. The user may not al...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Delivered

CD support for Ubuntu OS

No description provided
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Allow Certificate-Based Authentication to Connect:Direct AIJ

Allow Connect:Direct to authenticate to Control Center using Kerberos.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Connect Direct defaults to a 002 umask on unix platforms

Files delivered to unix systems are given rw-rw-r-- pemissions as CD is not recognising the system umask of 027 and is defaulting to 002.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Delivered

Auditing Feature to iSeries C:D

Good Afternoon, i would like to see the auditing feature in your current product Sterling Gentran being added to Sterling Connect Direct.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 0 Delivered