Subject: AS#2 Example Software

From: Dave Killough <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:48:32 -0500

Working software that is available to this group would help clarify and fine-tune the draft.  Unless anyone has this to share, I am willing to develop the software.  

The feaure set would include:
- AS2 transfer of files over the Internet (sender directory to receiver directory)
- Portability between Unix, Linux, and Windows 
- A user interface for configuration and operation, and monitoring
- Documentation
- Message and MDN tracking
- Certificate management
- A test run to demonstrate compliancy with the standard
- Ability to use Apache or IIS for HTTP services

I would start with the AS2 S/MIME variant, then PGP. Optional features would not be a priority.  AS1 would come last if at all.  The immediate goal is to have baseline compliancy with AS2.

Based on the value this software would probably have to the Internet community as a whole, it would be also made available for free under some kind of open source license.  This should accelerate adoption of the standard.  

It is cost-prohibitive for me to participate in interoperability testing with commercial vendors.  Perhaps there are members who own licensed AS2 products that can help with these kinds of tests.  

Thanks,
Dave Killough
Programmer
Williamstown, NJ
USA
[email-masked]