This appendix summarizes the supported transport and business protocols included with Partner Gateway. Through the use of user exits, the product can also be customized to support additional protocols. See the Programmer Guide for more information about customization options.
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Supported version | N/A | N/A |
Synchronous transactions? | No | No |
Support for passthrough only or support for protocol and document translation? | Both business protocol and document translation supported for XML (XSLT). | No |
Attachments supported? | No | No |
Specific transactions supported? | N/A | N/A |
Security | FTP/S and HTTP/S (HTTP header authentication is supported for outbound). | No |
Communication between hub and participants |
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Back-end integration options |
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Samples provided? |
Yes. See Code samples. |
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AS1 | AS2 | RosettaNet | SOAP | cXML | |
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Supported version | N/A | N/A | RNIF 1.1 and 2.0 |
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Version 1.2.009 is preloaded. |
Synchronous transactions? | No | Message Disposition Notification (MDN) only. | Yes | Both request only and request-response operations are supported. | Both cXML asynchronous and request-response (synchronous) are supported. |
Support for passthrough only or support for protocol and document translation? | Both business protocol and document translation supported for XML (XSLT) | Both business protocol and document translation supported for XML (XSLT). | Both business protocol and document translation supported for RNIF to RNSC and vice versa. | Passthrough only. | Passthrough support is primary usage; however, document translation is possible, but will change the behavior for synchronous cXML. |
Attachments supported? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Specific transactions supported? | N/A | N/A | See Supported PIPs. | Support for RPC and document styles. | Passthrough- support only is available for Punctuate messages. |
Security |
Business encryption with triple DES. Digital signature hashing with SHA-1 or MD5. |
SSL Connection with Server and Client Authentication Business encryption with triple DES. Digital signature hashing with SHA-1 or MD5. |
SSL Connection with Server and Client Authentication Business encryption with triple DES and RC2-40 Digital signature hashing with SHA-1 or MD5. |
SSL Connection with Server and Client Authentication | SSL Connection with Server and Client Authentication |
Communication between hub and participants | SMTP | HTTP/S | HTTP/S | HTTP/S | HTTP/S |
Back-end integration options | Payload only using:
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HTTP/S | HTTP/S |
Samples provided? | No | No |
Yes. See Code samples . |