Pat
The EWC+ protocol is an exchange of security certificates between the requested and the server providing the data. The easy way out for the bank's software is usually to utilize some sort of certificate issued by the software provider which has been previously authorized by the bank instead of implementing a process which issues a security certificate to the bank's client. This is because such a certificate is then necessarily external to the software and not hardwired into the software'scode so that it cannot be hacked (easily) by simply accessing a client's' computer and copying a certificate issued by the bank directly to the user. This effectively transfers the responsibility for the security of the data transfers from the bank to the software provider which of course suits the bank. This makes it difficult for open source software where the source code is necessarily publicly accessible and a certificate's details cannot easily be compiled into the code. EWC+ is a Intuit implementation of FDX and not openly available outside Quicken's software. David Cousens On Sun, 2023-06-04 at 20:59 +0000, Ward wrote: > Has anyone attempted to reconfigure GnuCash to handle an EWC+ connection? As > of this writing, a representative confirmed that USAA no longer supports > DirectConnect for bank accounts. Credit card accounts still work for the > moment. > > A note on Quicken's website reads: > > USAA has discontinued Express Web Connect, and is in the process of > discontinuing Direct Connect. They are updating to a new method of providing > data to applications like Quicken, called EWC+ (Quicken Connect in Mac). Going > forward, you'll use a bank-hosted sign-in form to authorize downloads. The > overall process for adding accounts and downloading is the same, but the > screen you use to sign in to USAA will look different. > > For your security, USAA may periodically request that you reauthorize your > accounts in Quicken by signing in again. This may happen every 90 days or so. > > Best, > > Pat > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
