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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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Require additional attributes in Customer Definition pop up while assigning pricing rule to customers in SBC

Requirement is to assign pricing rule to customers based on CustomerClassificationCode (OOB), ExtnReturnable and ExtnDCDiscount (Extn attributes) attributes in customer master. These attributes are currently not present in SBC. On a creating a Pri...
about 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Future consideration

SEAS UI Password Recovery

There is no way to recover the admin password for the SEAS UI in SEAS 2.4.3.2 iFix 6 build 208. Users cannot manage certificate renewal updates if they cannot login to the UI.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add GCM Encryption Algorithm

Currently while configuring the AS2 profile for partners, the only encryption algorithms allowed are DES, RC2 and AES. We need the GCM ciphers also to be made available on the dropdown for "Encryption Algorithm"
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Ability to see all maps associated with a specific code list

We would like to be able to request a report to see which maps are assocated to specific code list.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Future consideration

Passwordless connection to built-in local PostgreSQL

This enhancement should allow to use alternate access options to local PostgreSQL other than locally encrypted password to PostgreSQL user. Proposed solutions include: certificate-based authentication (preferred, if technically feasable) password ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

Update ExtraInfo1 Information using Rule Assignment to display in the Inflight document tracking

Currently, We can update sender/receiver/document type/reference number information using rule assignments to display in the Inflight document tracking. But we don't have any direct assignment in the rule to update ExtraInfo1 information. Currentl...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 6 Future consideration

Connect:Direct Client Identification by the Connect:Direct Server

Connect:Direct, although a peer to peer MFT tool, uses a client - server model as it's underlying architecture. With a client submitting a job to the C:D server, we cannot identify the client server with the current state of affairs if the C:D ser...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Add Fields to Order Hub (reference, referenceType, lineReference, segment, segmentType)

We would like to have the option to view the following fields in Order Hub: reference, referenceType, lineReference, segment, segmentType.
over 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Future consideration

Any configuration information stored in the CCM database must be encrypted

Requirement stated by customer that all configured objects in the database must be encrypted. This includes audit information and any information containing IPs, host names and passwords. Whole-disk encryption, SAN storage encryption, and database...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 2 Future consideration

Customer requires complete encryption of all objects stored at rest in B2Bi/SFG database including trading partner information

Requirement has been stated by customer that all columns in the B2Bi/SFG database be encrypted, beyond what is hashed (passwords) and at-rest encryption (documents). This would include more recent sensitive information such as user names, IPs and ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Future consideration