Re: Automating US Bank Data Transfers

[Jim Waymire <jwaymire@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Not using FTPAPI, but SSL is a requirement for BoA ftp's.  To use it,
   we had to download their certificate to our 400, then it works good.
   Hope this helps.



   Jim Waymire



   On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Scott Klement <[1]sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   wrote:

     Hi Mike,
     Currently, FTPAPI does not support SSL at all.  This is mainly
     because I haven't had a use for it, myself.
     As someone who understands the network protocol internals, I think
     FTP over SSL is a kludge, and isn't especially secure. I would not
     recommend it unless you're given no alternative.
     Personally, I recommend using SFTP (SSH) instead.
     The note from US Bank that you cite also seems to be referring to
     SSH. (Though, I could be mistaken.) Typically, when you use SSL, you
     work with X.509 certificates, whereas they are referring to
     public/private keys. Granted, somewhere in the SSL certificate
     architecture, they're probably using public/private keys -- but when
     folks are referring to SSL, they don't usually use those terms.
     Whereas with SSH, public/private keys are the norm... so it seems
     likely that they are actually referring to SFTP (SSH).
     Maybe that's food for thought.
     But, if you are forced to use SSL/FTP, the IBM client does support
     it (to an extent, anyway) and you could potentially add SSL support
     to FTPAPI.  Or, you could purchase a 3rd party tool, such as the
     packages offered by Linoma (which look pretty nice to me...)
     -SK
     On 7/3/2012 2:10 PM, Mike Wills wrote:

         I am looking at what it would take to automate downloading the
     daily
         transactions from US Bank's lock box service. In asking for more
         details about downloading via FTPS (SSL) and how that is handled
     at the
         technical level so I can start planning what I need to do with
     Scott's
         FTPAPI, I get this:
         "US Bank will not be supporting password authentication in the
     near
         future, so the best bet is to use Public Key sign on
     authentication
         when we auto connect for the push."
         Does the API support that type of authentication? Has anyone
     worked
         with US Bank any type of automated transactions. What works
     well?
         --
         Mike Wills
         [1][2]http://mikewills.me
     References
         1. [3]http://mikewills.me/
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   Jim Waymire

   Gartman Systems

   870-942-4213 x 228

References

   1. mailto:sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   2. http://mikewills.me/
   3. http://mikewills.me/
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