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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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Default delimiters auto update during Outbound X12 ISA Envelope creation required - please review this requirement and let us know the possibility.

We need the CONFIG HUB to reflect the default delimiters automatically for outbound X12 ISA envelope creation. It saves the time for the Support/PER/Customer as the most of the Partners/Customers using the same set of delimiters.
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 2 Delivered

SFTP SSH Known Host Key ssh-ed25519 format

our customer are using ssh-ed25519 ssh key format we are not bael to add this format in SI SSH Known Host Key
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 3 Delivered

Should be able to import ED25519 format remote SFTP host keys

This functionality would allow B2B Integrator to manage SFTP file transfer activities with trading partners who are using ED25519 format remote host keys.
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 8 Delivered

Add Data Delay and Outage Notifications to InFlight application

Currently client notifications for Data Delays or Communication Outages are provided via a notification system that sends emails or voice messages to a configured distribution list for each account. It would be helpful if these notifications could...
over 7 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Delivered

SIP: Implement Priority Based Sourcing Rules in Sterling Intelligence Promising

Priority of shipnode in Distribution group is not working while calculating estimated delivery date using Calculate item delivery or pickup date using finite capacity windows API. Customers need Ship Node Priority Based Sourcing” in SIP
over 1 year ago in Intelligent Promising 6 Delivered

Connect:Direct with ability to connect to IBM Cloud Object Storage using API key and store files on COS

The request is mainly for providing capability in Connect:Direct for reading and writing files from IBM Cloud Object Storage and specifically by using API key while connecting to IBM COS from Connect:Direct.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Delivered

Passing B2Bi Process data to SCC

SCC currently can import a single item from B2Bi Process Data. However, with the use of an Xpath statement multiple process data items can be concatenated into a single string item with optional delimiters or other markers. Sadly, SCC does not hav...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Delivered

Microsoft Exchange disabling basic Authentication based connections to Exchange online

Microsoft have announced that they will be disabling basic Authentication based connections to Exchange online. Basic Authentication means that the client application passes the username and password with every request. Although simple to setup an...

Ability to Scan Files for Viruses in the DMZ before arrival in Secure Zone

Need a facility to contact a server via ICAP to scan files (similar to how QuickFile) works. This can be achieved by installing SSP perimeter servers on the virus server in its zone and have SSP engines leverage a persistent connection between the...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct

TLS v1.3 was recently released, and we would like to see it added to Connect:Direct w/Secure+ as an available security option for all platforms that support it.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Delivered