Traversing the New Silk Road
Securing Messages Across the Internet
SMEs require a messaging product which will provide a
foundation to enhance their Business to Business (B2B)
experience.
eBusiness transactions must satisfy 5
conditions
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Authentication- is the user who he she says they are.
Authorisation-is the user authorised to access the
information.
Confidentiality- can the user be guaranteed that whatever
he or she does to the information is done in confidence.
Integrity-can we guarantee that no unathorised changes
are made to the information.
Non Repudiation-The sender and receiver can be
contractually bound by the transaction and cannot refute
the transaction.
eBusiness transactions must satisfy 5 conditions
Without all of these conditions, undertaking eBusiness would
not be possible. The issue of Non repudiation in particular is
Paramount to business A entering into a transaction with
business B
eBusiness Options
Fax Based Systems
Dial in IVR
EDI VAN
AS2 EDIINT
Email
Dial in Modem
Web Pages
SOAP
ebMS
ebMS
The ebMS products are based on ISO standard 15000-2. The
ebMS approach provides a comprehensive system of
exchanging documents and managing business processes
using XML based messaging securely via the Internet. It also
supports the use of binary file exchanges, sophisticated
routing, delivery and error recovery mechanisms.
Severs supporting ebMS therefore exploit state-of-the art
XML and Internet communications techniques along with
firewall and IP addressing and ports to control delivery and
services.
B2BFusion
We consider B2BFusion as a transport business. Specifically
we are an information transporter. Analogously, we are the new
“truckies” of the electronic superhighway. Our B2MeMessenger product transports electronic messages from one
location to another.
As a transporter we are concerned with making sure the
Sender and Receiver are who they say they are
(Authentication), the Sender and Receiver have a contract to
undertake the transaction (Authorisation), the goods (in this
case the message) gets to the required destination securely
(Confidentiality) , the message is “untarnished” when it gets
there (Integrity) and is acknowledged by the Receiver (Non
Repudiation). Cont….
B2BFusion
As such we are not concerned with the content as with its
delivery. The B2Me –Messenger has been designed to
provide an extensible application that allows business to
send any type of communication easily, cheaply, and reliably
satisfying all the conditions of an eBusiness transaction. It
has been developed specifically for the SME market and
based on the ebXML framework specifically ISO 15000-2 and
will transport any electronic message format including :
XBRL
XML
HL7
Case Study
Demonstration
Moving XBRL Files over the
internet
PICTORIAL EXAMPLE
SENDER
RECEIVER
Acknowledgement
AcK
Out
Bin
In
Bin
MYOB
B2Me-Messenger
Out
Bin
XBRL
File
XBRL
data
B2Me-Messenger
In
Bin
Server