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Increase RECSIZE to a higher value for version 3.6.02

The data is not able to be transferred for certain transmissions due to record size not large enough. We are requesting to increase the RECSIZE (RUSIZE)value from 8989 to B9B9 so that our LOB customers can transfer files without a size issue.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 3 Planned for future release

CIphers configuration for Connect Direct Web Services

Connect Direct Web Services configuration should allow to limit list of allowed ciphers. Similar functionality is present for protocol configuration under "server.ssl.enabled-protocols”. Support for similar parameter e.g. "server.ssl.enabled-ciphe...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Status to be returned when performing an automatic silent install

When performing an automated silent install/upgrade from the Windows command prompt, instead of the command dropping straight back to the command prompt, certain messages would be returned and at the end of the install/upgrade a return code/status...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under 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 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1

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 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

developement

to add High Water Mark for max API session to be reported into the statistics
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 4 Not under consideration

Tool to monitor cert expiry

We want to put an alerting mechanism to monitor cert expire so we can proactively plan.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

Option to disable Connect Direct Web Services web page

Current version of Connect Direct Web Services software provides two interfaces - RESTful API and webpage GUI access. Software should allow to disable web GUI access.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Add a parameter that contains a list of IP / DNS entries that will be ignored by CD

There are different applications in an enterprise network that may poll the CD server and client ports: Load balancer that are doing TCP checks to ensure the CD Service is running, security audit softwares that are checking if the port opened on a...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 5 Planned for future release

Need to read/write files to 3rd part encryption format/schema via an I/O exit able to utilize sub processes for the decrypt/encrypt step.

We would be able to read/write to encrypted devices having proprietary formats.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration