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Benefits of using the JSCAPE MFT Server as an AS2 Server

As promised in our last post, we're going to talk about JSCAPE MFT Server and why it's the perfect choice for an AS2 server.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, AS2

How To Pick The Best AS2 Server For Your Business | JSCAPE

So you've already discovered the benefits of AS2 and are now convinced you need one for your business. You might now be wondering, 'what is the best AS2 server out there'? There can be a number of products to choose from, so let's identify the qualities that really matter.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, AS2

What is an AS2 Server? | B2B File Sharing

Last time, we talked about the benefits of AS2 and why you might need it for your business. In order to transact through AS2, you'll need an AS2 server. In this article, we will go into more detail about what an AS2 server is and why it might be a good choice for your organization.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, AS2

How To Do an iPad or iPhone File Transfer

Overview

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to carry out file transfers between an iPhone or iPad and JSCAPE MFT Server. This capability is ideal for organizations who have adopted some form of BYOD policy and want to establish secure backups and file transfers between iOS mobile devices and a company-owned server.

Topics: Ad-Hoc File Transfers, JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, File Transfer Clients, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer

How to Apply a Digital Signature on AS2 MDNs | JSCAPE

To ensure non-repudiation of AS2 receipts, you need to affix digital signatures to your AS2 Message Disposition Notifications or MDNs. We'll teach you how to do that in this post.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, AS2

Applying AS2 Encryption

Overview

If your AS2 connection already runs over HTTPS, your EDI messages should already be protected by the data-in-motion encryption that comes with SSL/TLS. But what if you want an added layer of security or if you're somehow only using HTTP and want to encrypt your transmission? You'll need something like this.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer, AS2

Setting Up An FTPS Server Behind A Firewall or NAT For PASV Mode Data Transfers

It’s never easy to set up an FTP server the moment firewalls get involved. But it gets even more complicated once you start using the secure version of FTP, known as FTPS. In this post, we’ll talk about the problem you’ll usually encounter when your FTPS server is behind a firewall and your client attempts to perform a file transfer using passive mode or PASV.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, FTPS, FTP

How To Install MFT Gateway Agent on Windows

In this post, we'll walk you through the steps of installing the JSCAPE MFT Gateway Agent on a Windows machine and adding that agent on MFT Gateway. Delegating network requests to an agent can come in handy if the Windows box running a service you want to create a reverse proxy for is located behind a firewall that doesn't allow any connections from external sources.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, Reverse Proxy

How To Install the MFT Gateway Agent on Linux | JSCAPE

In this post, we'll walk you through the steps of installing the JSCAPE MFT Gateway Agent on a Linux machine and adding that agent on MFT Gateway.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer

Using A Remote FTP/S Service As Network Storage For Your MFT Server

JSCAPE MFT Server's Network Storage module (formerly known as Reverse Proxy) makes it possible to extend the storage of your managed file transfer server to various remote services and storage solutions like SFTP servers, Samba shares, Amazon S3 buckets, Azure Files folders, and many others. This can come in handy when your MFT Server machine has limited storage capacity or if you simply want to store certain user files in another place. One of the supported remote services is FTP/S. If you have an FTP or FTPS server with lots of free storage space and you want to use that as a network storage for your MFT Server, you might want to read this tutorial.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer, FTPS