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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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C:X should log user authentication activity

Currently C:X logs user activity like add/delete/update of documents (since C:X 150-16 iFix10). But for audit requirements it is also necessary to track user authentication activity.
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Administration & Configuration 4 Needs more information

Sterling B2B Integrator support for Postgres open source database

We are being asked to move to Postgres open-source database for cost efficiencies and would like IBM Sterling Integrator to support both Postgres open-source database in an AWS cloud environment and on an on-premise deployment of Postgres. The rea...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration

Add a workflow rule that is notification only

We have many stakeholders that would like to be made aware of changes to reorder values; however, they do not necessarily need to be involved in the approval process for these changes. Can we add a workflow rule that is notification only so that t...
11 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

We have refresh netmap in Mainframe Connect Direct and its not available in Linux connect direct

We had an issue with connect direct process, In the middle of file transfer client brought down the connect direct in primary server and brought up in the secondary. Since the process was interrupted and its keep retrying the primary server. Its n...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 5 Future consideration

Control Center Monitor should alert us when connectivity is lost between SI and MQ server

We want to be alerted by Control Center Monitor if connectivity is lost between SI and MQ server.
11 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Under review

Converting SPE codelist to SI codelist format in POD while exporting

In SPE the codelist loaded in SPE format but if we need to use codelist to test a map with local server we need to convert SPE codelist to SI format,As many customers are migrating to SPE ,for many customers like CEVA,LENOVO, Stanley, Micron ,Schn...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 2 Not under consideration

Open Search Tool missing Save Result Option

1. Open Search Tool missing Save Result Option2. Open Search Tool Search result displays only 500 records - Does not have pagination Both available in previous search tool provided by IBM. With latest update to Open Search we lost access to above ...
6 months ago in Self Service Tool 0 Submitted

Add built-in report for bruteforce attempts.

The Sterling Proxy is our gateway between the internet and SFG. As such, we are exposed to attempts to guess user IDs using brutefore methods. The raw internal logs show each event and contain the IP address, Time, username and number of failed...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 3 Future consideration

Multi Factor Authentication with Email or App Verification for HTTPS Users (MyFileGateway)

We have an urgent business/security requirement for a Multi-Factor authentication and Dual Authentication from trading partners. Our current systems runs on V 6.0.0.2 SFG Version. Can SFG V6 and above support 'Dual Authentication' and 'MFA' ? Dual...
over 4 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Functionality already exists

Enhance speremove-packs.sh script to remove entries from the database

Right now, we have speremove-packs.sh script, which can remove the ITXA packs-related files from the File System, and it does not remove entries from the database. In the existing process if a customer wants to remove ITXA pack entries from the da...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Planned for future release