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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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Need SSL/TLS support for Global Mailbox to post its events to Control Center

Most other connections are firmly secured in B2Bi/SFG/GM, with one significant exception; the ability to post events and heartbeats from Global Mailbox to Control Center (ICC or CCM). By default, CCM 6.2 disables its non-secure web port, 58082. Si...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release

Validate API for Managed SSL Cert and Managed SSH Key

The out-of-box PEM Portal activities have options for Partners to upload SSL or SSH Keys. In case of a user error, a partner may upload an incorrect file. In such a scenario, the API to store SSL Cert or SSH Key to PR fails and there is no way to ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 0 Planned for future release

Please provide an option to retrieve or reset the admin password.

We require a solution to reset or recover the SSP CM admin password, which is essential for exporting and importing configurations across various environments.
8 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Add possibility to use separate client TLS certificate for each Global Mailbox server when connecting to Cassandra and Zookeeper

Due to security compliance reasons please add possibility to use separate client TLS certificate for each Global Mailbox server when connecting to Cassandra and Zookeeper
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Planned for future release

Select multiple trust cert with search functionality

In SSP Dashboard, Netmap > Inbound Node[HTTP based protocol] > Security>CA Certificates/Trusted Root While selecting multiple certificates it becomes very difficult to select multiple cert and find to unselect certificate. It would be con...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Have the ability to edit the form view when opening an item from workflow or work queues

I have come to notice that, if I open an item from Workflow or from Work Queues, I do not have the same option to edit the form view that I do when I open an item from the Items tab. For some materials, I would be interested in different fields, a...
4 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Can you please have the sterling b2b map editor tested and certified for win11 pro.

win11 is here. this has to happen and i am hoping it will be sooner rather than later.
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 2 Planned for future release

MSQL JDBC drivers 10.2.0 and higher support for Sterling B2B Integrator.

Need IBM Sterling B2B Integrator support for MSQL JDBC drivers 10.2.0 and higher. The driver have an additional pair of parameters that designate the retry connection between in the event the database connection is broken or failover. https://lear...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Planned for future release

Enhance RESTAPIClient service to retrieve headers

The current RESTAPIClient service is missing functionality to retrieve header information when calling an API. For example. When you do a call to an API (GET) with a custom header element (<X-CSRF-TOKEN>fetch</X-CSRF-TOKEN>) to fetch a...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Adding OR operator at the BPN rule Condition Level

In BPN tool while working with clients like Allied Bakeries where the rule counts increases for a single Trading partner. Allied Bakeries Trading partners like New York Bakery and COMPASS has multiple SAP internal account number like 20043,20044...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 1 Planned for future release