Hi, To my mind there is no one method of communication. I am sure this is a holy grail but there is little point pursuing it.
With our VAN service - DINET, we operate many different conncetions to other VAN providers. Examples are OFTP/ISDN, OFTP/IP, X.400/IP, SFTP,FTP and AS2. There is no industry secret,,, well unless there is and I just don't know it! Some protocols were designed with VANs in mind and some have been shoe horned into an environment. I'm not going to start a protocol comparison discussion though. It is just the same as the commercial world. When connecting to a bigger VAN you have to accommodate their methods and when connecting to a smaller one you are in a position to dictate. Kind Regards, Ewan Friend Data Interchange www.di-international.com --- In [email protected], Leah Halpin <leahhalpin@...> wrote: > > There is a nice gentleman from Kleinschmidt who sometimes monitors this group > (sounds so much nicer than "lurks" doesn't it?) who can probably answer your > question, unless it's some sort of "trade secret". > > Leah > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Chris Johnson <chrisj@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 6:09:28 PM > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Communication between VAN's > > > Quoted text is from <ijs5ql+v0oe@...>, by pssr2k > <pssr2k@...> > > >- What transport do VAN's use to communicate with each other - FTPS or > >? > >- How are the transport details between VAN's shared such as EndPoint, > >certificates etc.. > > In the early 90's many VAN's used OFTP for interworking in Europe. I > have no information about what the current practice is. > > Regards > Chris > -- > Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 > EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk > EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0845 126 0680 or +44 20 8778 1402 > Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
