Also known as Applicability Statement 2
AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) is a specification on how to transport structured business-to-business data securely and reliably over the Internet. Security is achieved by using digital certificates and encryption.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Background
- Technical overview
- MDN options
- AS2 w/ "Sync" MDNs
- AS2 w/ "ASync" MDNs
- AS2 w/ "Email" MDNs
- AS2 w/ No MDNs
- Filename preservation
- Benefits
- Business case
- Technological advantages
- See also
- References
- External links
AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) is a specification on how to transport structured business-to-business data securely and reliably over the Internet. Security is achieved by using digital certificates and encryption.
==Background== AS2 was created in 2002 by the IETF to replace AS1, which they created in the early 1990s.
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