Ben > I have been speaking with one of my Network Administrators about > getting our systems set up for AS2 (of which he and most of my > Operations team have never heard). Since this protocol is a "push" > behavior, they are very against it--even if going through a designated > web server in our DMZ--from a security perspective.
If it's good enough for Walmart, it should be good enough for your company. Educate them on the security and safety of AS2. > I can still accomplish some of my promised cost savings if I perform > some direct-connections to higher-volume trading partners via S/FTP > instead of AS2, but that could require at least one of us to host the > FTP server and possibly allow the other to "push" documents to us. > This seems much more doable if both partners can simply "pull" > documents at their own leisure and keep the new processes within the > scope of my current security policies. AS2 is the future of EDI. FTP is not. Is hosting an sFTP server any more secure than AS2? No. > My current FTP connection to my VAN uses encryption in both > directions, so the transmissions are secure and ensured. I have been > told that while an MDN confirms receipt of a transmitted file, an X12 > 997 (Functional Acknowledgement) is still necessary to communicate > that the transmitted file was functionally correct and not just simply > received. So, using the "immediate acknowledgement of transmission > success via MDN on AS2" argument is MOOT. The MDN is built into AS2, so that is also moot. More Trading Partners are doing AS2 than FTP. Do a survey amongst your existing partners. Earl Wertheimer [email protected] http://www.spe-edi.com ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
