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Sterling File Gateway

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Adding "Dictionary password checker" for password

Prevent clients from using common word for password.. e.g. password
about 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Under review

PGP UnPackage service to identify if the file was encrypted or signed only

When a signed file is process in Filegateway and with PGP preference set (decryption,sign verification On )PGP UnPackage service does not provide error to state that the file was only signed and not able to decrypt. The PGP UnPackage service compl...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release

CAPTCHA implementation for SFG UI Interface

One of our Customer (STATE BANK OF INDIA) raised the below security issue. They are migrating their SFTP partner to Sterling File Gateway. They have requested to have CAPTCHA option when partners uploading files via the SFG UI. Their requirement i...
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Functionality already exists

EBICS Server to permit both RSA and X.509 so clients can connect to the same bank profile

EBICS Server to permit both RSA and X.509 so clients can connect to the same bank profile which is configured with an X.509 certificate as this will simplify and reduce the impact of migrations for existing RSA clients to R3
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Onboarding 0 Under review

Global Mailbox - Replicate New Trading Partners/etc To All Data Centers

When a trading partner is created in one data center, it should replicate to the other data centers. I should not have to export/import the data. This feels like an intentional blocker to push clients to pay for PEM. If it truly is global, what ha...
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

Remove left hand check box from IBM activity screen to prevent selecting all records and accidentally performing a resend of all files.

This would prevent a customer from mistakenly resending all records on the system if they are not careful.
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Future consideration

MAC Algorithm Updates

We have a vendor that is requiring that we use "hmac-sha2-512" for our SFTP connection to them. I don't see that as an option per the documentation:The MAC the client prefers to use for stream encryption. Required. Valid values are:hmac-sha1hmac-m...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Planned for future release

Create Better SFG Rebranding Documentation

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS4TGX_2.2.0/com.ibm.help.sfg_sys_admin.doc/sfg_rebranding.html This document could use some serious expansion and updating. It would also be nice if some of the basic re-branding could be handled wi...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Is a defect

File Retention in Mailbox Post File Download in MyFileGateway 2.0

In the current state, MyFileGateway 2.0 does not allow for a file to remain in the mailbox post download. Looking for an option for files to not be invalidated/archived and remain in the mailbox for a pre-specified amount of days.
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Future consideration

Support SM2 Public Key Algorithm

SM2 is a four-part standard for public key algorithms specified by China. This enhancement is to support the file encryption and decryption by SM2 and perform file exchange with China.
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Not under consideration