I posted this earlier this week and have taken the response back to our
software vendor, Compaq.
I use DECEDI V3.2 on OpenVMS 7.1-2
Dear John:
What does ISA03, D.E. I03 (Security Information Qualifier), contain?
If
it's "00", it means there's no Security Information present and that
there's no meaningful information in ISA04 - the field may as well
be
ignored (though it's usually all blanks in that case).
The bank generally provides its own ISA, though it could be simply
copying the ISA03 and ISA04 provided on the ISA as it forwards the
remittance advice from your trading partner. Only if the bank is
preserving the originator's ISA (unlikely - though who's the sender
on
the ISA you received?) could you lay the blame on your trading
partner.
I really never understood the purpose of the ISA's security
information - the ISA is neither encrypted or authenticated even if
the
X12.58 security standards are used. I doubt a crummy little
password in
ISA04 is all VANs or banks rely on for security for financial
transactions!
So why not just ignore ISA04?
William J. Kammerer
So my software vendor comes back and says that ISA03 if it contains 00 and
if the ISA04 contains something other than
spaces then make sure it matches the profile however if ISA04 contains
spaces then ignore. I was told to check out the
standards in what is refered to as FRONT MATTER and see what it says
regarding the ISA03 and ISA04. Could someone
tell me where to find this? And/or where to look?
REgards,
=======================================================================
To signoff the EDI-L list, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To subscribe, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
