Setting up multiple receive ports should not be a difficult task,
depending on your software.
With the Free AS2 Connector (www.freeas2.com), you can host the
application in IIS and easily configure multiple receive ports. If
BTrade doesn't support this, you could potentially use the Free AS2
connector to receive messages on other ports and proxy them.
The only real problem that I can foresee is having to reconfigure
firewalls to allow connections on those ports etc.
-Eric
--- In Anders Tholén <lists1@...> wrote:
>
>
> >How do you accommodate multiple AS2 ports?
>
> In addition to a port redirect, as you mention, the alternative is
to set up
> your AS2 software to listen on multiple ports. How this is done
obviously
> depends on
> the AS2 software you use. In a software like webMethods, this is a
very
> simple task. Btrade/Click-commerce should be able to answer this
in your
> case.
>
> However, this is a typical example of when the lack of
standardisation on a
> detailed level makes life more difficult and integration more
expensive. For
> a
> protocol like AS2 this is normally addressed by industry groups
defining AS2
> implementation/usage/communication guidelines.
>
> GS1 (www.gs1.org) mention usage of port 4080 for receiving HTTP
messages and
> port 5443 to receive over HTTPS, in their AS2 communication
guidelines.
>
> "Recommendation 14 HTTP and HTTP/S Port Numbers for AS2
> Receiving AS2 messages on a single port (for each protocol)
significantly
> minimizes operational complexities such as firewall set-up and
potential
> security exposures for both the sending and receiving partner.
Ideally, all
> AS2 partners would receive messages using the same port number.
However some
> AS2 partners have previously standardized to use a different port
number
> than others and changing to a new port number would add costs
without
> commensurate benefits.
> Therefore AS2 partners MAY standardize on the use of port 4080 to
receive
> HTTP messages and the use of port 5443 to receive HTTP/S (SSL)
messages."
>
> PIDX (www.pidx.org) have have defined an AS2 usage guide, but it's
not as
> detailed as GS1's:
> PIDX AS2 Usage Guideline:
> http://committees.
api.org/business/pidx/
standards.html
>
>
> Is anyone aware of other AS2 guidelines, specifying the details of
how to
> use AS2, eg what ports to use?
>
> From a sunny Stockholm.
>
> Anders Tholén
> Ferrologic AB
> www.ferrologic.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto: On
Behalf Of Earl
> Wertheimer
> Sent: den 11 maj 2006 04:28
> To:
> Subject: [
EDI-L] The Joys of AS2
>
>
> A large retail chain up here in Canada is moving to AS2.
> They have listed 5 useable ports - 80, 2080, 4080, 5080 & 9080.
>
> They are also requiring Drummond Group certification ;-(
>
> I looked at a list of our existing AS2 clients, and only 20% of
them use one
> of
> these ports. The rest use other ports.
>
> This has not been a problem in the past, since all of our clients
were doing
>
> AS2 with WalMart and possibly one other TP.
> As additional hubs switch to AS2, this may become a problem...
>
> We are using bTrade...
>
> The AS2 server has to listen on a particular port, so my question
is:
>
> How do you accommodate multiple AS2 ports?
>
> Doing a port redirect in the firewall/router is one option...
> Any others?
>
> thanks
>
> Earl Wertheimer
> earlw@...
> http://www.spe-edi.com
>
>
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