RE: EDIINT AS2

I only wish it was that simple... I approached our networking team, and said
the exact thing, open up port 5080 or whatever, and only allow 3 ip's to
connect to it, but they said the IP's could be spoofed, at then I told them
that the tool I use cleo's lexicom, and it will only process the data that
passes the digital certificate, and that still didn't convince them.

So I was thinking about placing this as2 in the DMZ but they don't like
having data exposed like that either.

Were in the health care field, and even though my transactions do not
include patient data, our network policy is very tight (which it should be)
so I'm stumped on how to make this work where everyone is happy, and at an
affordable cost.

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cagle [SMTP:bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 11:55 AM
> To:   Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject:      RE: EDIINT AS2 
> 
> Well, I have implemented AS2 strictly because of customer requirements
> (read Wal-Mart!).  As I said before, we utilized Trailblazer's EDIINT
> solution.  I don't claim to be a network expert (far from it actually),
> but all I had to do was open up specific ports on my Cisco firewall only
> for my trading partner's specific IP addresses to use for this to work.
> 
> 
> I am not sure what you mean by it being a push only service - but if
> your customers are requiring you to go to AS2, then your network police
> are just going to have to figure out how to make it work, IMHO.
> 
> What is your application?  We are a manufacturer selling to retail.
> 
> Bob Cagle
> IT Manager
> Lynk, Inc.
> 8241 Melrose Drive
> Lenexa, KS  66214
> 913-492-9202 ext.41
> mailto:bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hatzenbeler, Tim [mailto:thatzenbeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:39 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: EDIINT AS2 Question was RE: ARGH! Please make it STOP!
> 
> I was wondering, if anybody has experience with AS2,  I have been asked
> to
> research it's viablity for our company, but it has one glaring problem I
> can't get around.  AS2 seems to be a push only service, so if I push
> data to
> our Trading Partner, I must then break the connection and wait for a
> reply,
> (here is the problem)  our network police has a zero toloerance when it
> comes to listening ports.  So I can't seem to figure out if I can make
> this
> technology work for us.  I was wondering if anyone else has implemented
> AS2,
> and how did they make their network police happy?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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