Alliance All-Ways Secure can be used with EDI translators from Extol, Peregrine and Sterling to exchange EDI documents securely over the Internet.  EDI documents can be securely transmitted to trading partners using the Alliance SSL FTP client or the Alliance PGP encryption option.  The Alliance SSL FTP client secures the communications session using 128-bit SSL encryption.  The SSL encryption technology is the same that IBM uses in the secure web server for the System i.  The Alliance PGP Option can be used to encrypt an EDI document using public/private key encryption technology.  Once encrypted the EDI documents can be securely transmitted using FTP, email, HTTP and HTTPS web clients, WebSphere MQSeries, or any other communications technology.

Integration with Extol, Inovis and Sterling translators is accomplished using standard file input and output translation commands in these products.  A PGP encrypted file can be received on the System i, automatically decrypted, copied to an System i library, and translated in an automated fashion.  In a similar fashion EDI documents can be exported from the translator to an System i library, encrypted by Alliance PGP, and transmitted to the trading partner using FTP or any other communications method.

For customers using a Value Added Network (VAN) such as IBM Advantis Global Network (now GXS),GXS, or another network, Alliance provides the communications interfaces you need for secure communications. The Alliance SSL FTP client has been certified with IBM’s Information Exchange FTP (IEFTP) interface for secure communications using PKIX certificates. Alliance has also been certified to work with common Internet B2B servers such as Sterling CONNECT:Enterprise and others.

Alliance All-Ways Secure adds significant value to existing translator technologies by providing secure communications technologies, sophisticated error notification and recovery, permanent audit trails, and operations interfaces for better data management.