AS2 Checklist

1.   Are you using a translator?        Yes    No      

If  "Yes", which one?  _______________________________

2.   Do you have a firewall?             Yes     No     

If  "Yes", which one?  _______________________________

3.   Are you using a proxy server?   Yes    No   

If "Yes", what is the URL? _____________________________

4.   What is the URL of your remote trading partner (including the port)? ________________________

Note: the URL is in the form: http(s)://host-ipaddress-or-name:port/optional-path?optional-parameters 

If  ':port'  is omitted, assume port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPs (SSL).

5.   What is your AS2-Name?  _______________________________________________

(This is the unique AS2 identifier for this trading relationship.)

6.   What is your remote trading partner's AS2-Name? ____________________________________

7.   Will you be using the same certificate for both signing and encryption?   □ Yes    □ No

8.   Have you created or obtained certificates for signing and encryption?       □ Yes    □ No

If "Yes", have you exchanged the certificate(s) with your remote trading partner?  □ Yes    □ No

9.   Will any of your remote trading partners be using SSL?      □ Yes    □ No

If "Yes", do you have an SSL server-style certificate?    □ Yes    □ No

If "Yes", have you exchanged this certificate with your remote trading partner?  □ Yes    □ No

10. What is the email address of the contact person at your location who will be responsible for AS2 message administration?

11. What is the IP address or host name where your AS2 VersaLex product is installed? 

12. What ports would you like to use for receiving messages from your remote trading partners?  

Cleo suggests using port 5080 for HTTP and port 5443 for HTTPs but any unused ports between 0 - 65535 may be used.

HTTP: _________________             HTTPs:  ____________________ *

(*only needed if the answer to Question #9 was "Yes")

 

13. Will the content of the messages you will be sending to your remote trading partners be:

  signed?

  encrypted?     

If selected, can your remote trading partner accept 3DES (Triple DES) encryption?

Yes    No

  compressed?

 

14. What type of content will you primarily be sending?

  EDI - X12

  EDIFACT

 XML

  Binary

  Plain Text

 

15. Will you be requesting MDNs (receipts) from your remote trading partner?    Yes    No

If "No",  skip the remaining questions.

 

16. Will the MDNs be signed?                Yes    No

17. How will the MDNs be returned?        Synchronously       Asynchronously

If "Asynchronously", what preferred transport method will you use to receive them?

  HTTP

  HTTPs 

  SMTP       Email address of the recipient   _______________________________________

18. Would you like to forward non-SMTP MDNs to an email recipient?     Yes    No

If "Yes", what is the email address of the recipient?   _______________________________

What is the name of your mail server (optional)?   _________________________________