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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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Allow user to override Change History for Code List versions

Currently, the number of codes is saved in "Change History" for each version. However, there are times when several versions are created for testing purposes. Having the ability to put a meaningful description (like we do for maps) would be very u...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Future consideration

AWSS3ClientForB2Bi Adapter can't work to receive parameters from BPML

When using the AWSS3ClientForB2Bi Adapter and configuring the connection with S3 it works well. When working with BPML and trying to pass the connections to S3 by BPML it doesn't work. The idea is to allow BPML parameters to connect with S3.
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Future consideration

Expose MQ API for monitoring queue manager health

IBM Websphere MQ comes with an OOTB REST API to allow other external integrations to check the queue manager health. This is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/mq-appliance/9.1?topic=reporting-monitoring-queue-manager-health We would lik...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

SSO and OAuth support for authenticating B2BAPI access

At minimum would need to able to use the SEAS SAML like tokens to allow authentication of APIUser for B2BAPI calls. Liberty Profile native supports both SAML /OAuth authentication and the current instance does authenticate with B2Bi so it should a...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Planned for future release

Improve the Secure + Key Certificates Report and Trusted Certificates Report

Please add the validity dates (start and expiration) to the Secure + Key Certificates Report and the Trusted Certificates Report. This is useful information that is often needed and would assist in the management of key and trusted certificates.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 5 Planned for future release

Please create a work queue under 9 "QR" for "Quote Review"

As the Inventory get a quote we can add it to the work queue QR, It will enabale plant to prioritise their Plant reviews for quotes.
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Not under consideration

Two factor authentication on SSP Config Manager for admin users

Access to SSP Config Manager GUI for admin users is via userid/password only. This request is for two factor authentication to be supported, via userid/password and RSA token
over 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Future consideration

Two factor authentication for admin users

Access to Sterling Filegateway for admin users is via userid/password only. This request is for two factor authentication to be supported, via userid/password and RSA token
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Future consideration

Enable myFileGateway multi-factor authentication. Different fields be added for token and password

Enable different fields to be added in the Login's Page for myFilegateway. Ex: Username: Password: Token: We need to receive an extra field during login authentication on myFileGateway, as a random Token for example. Using pre-login Exit, User ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 3 Functionality already exists

Create an archived/purged report for all BP's purged at a given time

When seeing spikes/drops in DB size it would be helpful to determine what may have caused. DBSTAT does nothing in this regard. It would help if a report could shows all BP's names and number of executions for given point and time.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 1 Not under consideration