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I represent a vendor called American Presence. We are the developers of FAX/400, which will automate the faxing and/or emailing of any AS/400 spoolfile. FAX/400 will overlay signatures on documents, such as a PO, but it is not encrypted. However, access to this signature is very secured, only accessable with authority. We have many customers that require secured signatures and we have never come across any issues with the way FAX/400 handles this requirement. Please contact me offline if you are interested in discussing this in more detail or if you would like to look at a WebEx demonstration. Regards, Rusty Stuart American Presence, Inc. 800-429-8983, x205 http://www.international-presence.com >From: Alister Wm Macintyre <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: RE: Encrypted Signature on Purchase Order >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:26:12 -0500 > > >>Are you using pre printed forms or electronic? > >NEITHER > >Our PUR520 prints on PC paper (8 1/2 x 11) where we have modified >what is printed and how it is arranged, to fit nice on PC paper and >the particular PC printer that the Purchasing Manager has. Many of >the fields that come with the vanilla software we have chopped out >because our Purchasing Manager not want them, while there are some >constants we have added. > >Thus, what is in 400 spool file is EVERYTHING needed for the >ultimate encrypted e-document excluding the signature, but it is >structured for standard printer, like font and print size in pixels >much larger than what make up a signature. > >We do use pre-printed forms for some other BPCS applications, such >as billing invoices, A/P checks, physical inventory tags, shop floor >job tickets. We do not have any electronic forms at present. > >We print over 100 invoices a day, several thousand shop floor job >tickets a week. > >Several other applications are done the same way as our Purchase >Orders ... >the result LOOKS LIKE a pre-printed form, but in reality 100% from >RPG/400 program. > > >>*** Electronic Forms Solutions *** >>*** iSeries Contract Programming *** >>Gregory A. Garner >>Garner Data Systems, Inc. >>4270 Grand Teton Parkway >>Suwanee, Georgia 30024 >>Phone 770.845.9636 Fax 770.614.3496 >>e-mail: ggarner_gds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On >>Behalf Of Alister Wm Macintyre >>Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:07 PM >>To: BPCS_L discussion >>Subject: Encrypted Signature on Purchase Order >> >> >>I wonder if anyone else already doing this and can tell us what >>software, >>what cost, how reliable, what kinds of hassles, and perhaps point >>me at a >>url for the vendor of that software. >> >> * Currently we create PUR520 form from BPCS 405 CD on AS/400 >>V5R1 mixed >>mode, which has been modified. Some users on Green Screen >>(including me), >>but growing volume, including the Purchasing Manager, now on PCs >>with >>Client Server/400. The 400 is not directly connected to the >>Internet, but >>people on the Internet can get to it via a variety of methods that >>I will >>not say in a public forum for security reasons. >> * Our 400 security (level 30 and I doing audit to see if 40 >>practical) >>is setup so that ANYONE can do anything with any other co-worker >>spool >>content, if they know how, or have dangerous software on their >>attached PCs. >> * We print out the Purchase Orders. >> * The Purchasing Manager adds his signature. >> * Some go into fax machine. >> * Some scanned back in, go to a Word document file which gets >>encrypted. >> * It is attached to e-mail and sent to a foreign nation such >>as China. >> * They also have Word and are able to unencrypt and process >>our PO no >>problem. >> >>We now have 10-15 a day like this and anticipate growth. >>The user question was whether the 400 can automate some of the >>steps to >>reduce the hassle and provide assurances that no co-worker can mess >>with >>the signature or content of POs or launch any unauthorized POs. >> >>My reply ... I could further modify so that YOUR POs go to a spool >>file >>with security that blocks other users access, there is stuff, from >>IBM and >>Foxtrot and other places, that can do ANYTHING but probably costs >>in excess >>of $ 1,000.00 multiples, but with narrow focus needs there is share >>ware >>that can be very powerful for $ 50.00 to $ 250.00 which I will look >>into >>and get back to Y'all. >> >>So long as we only need narrow slices of the total stuff available >>from IBM >>and other places, then the shareware solutions probably make >>economic sense. >> >>A possible path is to do a PO run just for a particular vendor, >>import the >>400 spool entry to a Word document, have the signature in an >>encrypted >>file, combine the two overlaid into a new encrypted file, which is >>then >>attached to e-mail. I opined that with decent software, the user >>ought to >>be able to point and click at the spool file entry containing the >>POs, and >>at the e-mail it is to be attached to, with the software doing all >>the in >>between work. >> >>Meanwhile, I hope someone has a written opinion from company >>attorney that >>the encryption we are using is not in violation of either US law or >>laws of >>the nations we doing business with. My idea of retirement does not >>include >>spending any time in a Chinese prison cell, and I suggest that >>co-workers >>get assurances they not at such risk either. Ideal use of company >>lawyer >>is to have some explicit questions in which part of the answer is >>that >>insofar as they say some encryption is legal, that this be reviewed >>at time >>of software upgrades and new legislation, so that anything they >>told us was >>legal, we are told as soon as it becomes no longer legal. >> >>- >>Al Macintyre http://www.ryze.com/go/Al9Mac >>Find BPCS Documentation Suppliers >>http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/stories/2002/11/08/bpcsDocSources.html >>BPCS/400 Computer Janitor at http://www.globalwiretechnologies.com/ >>_______________________________________________ >>This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list >>To post a message email: BPCS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >>visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/bpcs-l >>or email: BPCS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >>at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. > > >_______________________________________________ >This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list >To post a message email: BPCS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/bpcs-l >or email: BPCS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Test your *Travel Quotient* and get the chance to win your dream trip!
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