Using AS1

Sterling B2B Integrator supports the AS1 protocol. AS1 is a secure messaging protocol created by a working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for transmitting EDI documents over the internet.

Although designed with EDI in mind originally, AS1 can be used to transmit documents of any type. AS1 uses IETF secure e-mail standards (S/MIME, CMS), mail transfer protocols (SMTP, POP3, and IMAP), and extensions to the disposition notification standard.

Security, authentication, message integrity, and privacy are assured by the use of encryption and digital signatures. Another important feature, non-repudiation, makes it impossible for the recipient of a message to deny having received it.

To use AS1 with Sterling B2B Integrator, you are required to have an Internet connection capable of sending and receiving e-mail, processes for building and parsing AS1 compliant messages and notifications, and digital certificates.