AS4Server Component

Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors

The AS4Server component implements an AS4 / ebHandler.

Syntax

nsoftware.IPWorksEDI.AS4Server

Remarks

The AS4Server component implements server-side processing of AS4 messages. It may be used to receive files form a client (push), respond to a client's request for files (pull), and also handles generating and verifying receipts.

The component is designed to be easily integrated into a HTTP server, such as ASP.NET, but may also be used outside of a web server. The examples below assume the component is used within an environment where there is an HTTP context.

To begin, when a request is received first call ReadRequest. This reads the AS4 request from the current HttpContext. Alternatively the request data may be passed directly to the component by specifying calling SetRequestStream. After calling ReadRequest the following properties may be checked:

AgreementRef
AS4From
AS4To
ConversationId
EDIData
Errors
IncomingReceipt
MessageId
MessageProperties
MPC
Service
ServiceAction
ServiceType

The first step after calling ReadRequest is to determine if the client is sending files (push) or requesting files (pull). To determine this check the value of AgreementRef and MPC. For instance: if (server.AgreementRef == "" && server.MPC != "") { //The client is requesting files from the specified MPC //No other relevant properties are populated } else //AgreementRef is not empty, and MPC is empty { //The client is sending files. AgreementRef is populated with the agreement reference. //AS4From, AS4To, ConversationId, etc are populated }

Determining if the request contains an asynchronous receipt from a previous transmission may also be done at this time by checking the IncomingReceipt property's Content field. If it is populated a receipt is present. To verify the receipt set AsyncReceiptInfoDir to the directory where information about the message was originally stored and call VerifyReceipt. If the receipt is signed SignerCert must also be set. See the section below and also SendFiles for more details.

Once information about the request is determined the component may then be configured to respond appropriately depending on the operation.

Receiving Files and Sending a Receipt

When receiving files first check the AgreementRef, AS4From, and AS4To properties to determine who is sending the files and with what previously agreed upon configuration. Once this is known, if the request is signed and encrypted set Certificate to the decryption certificate and SignerCert to the public certificate used for signature verification. IncomingDirectory may optionally be set to automatically store the incoming files. //Process incoming files and send a signed receipt server.ReadRequest(); //Inspect values from the request in order to load appropriate certificates etc. //Console.WriteLine(server.AgreementRef); //Console.WriteLine(server.AS4From.Id); //Console.WriteLine(server.AS4To.Id);) server.IncomingDirectory = "..\\MyFiles"; //Our private certificate. Used to decrypt the incoming file server.Certificate = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile, Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyB.pfx"), "password", "*"); //Partner's public certificate. Used to verify the signature on the incoming message and files. server.SignerCert = new Certificate(Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyA.cer")); server.ParseRequest(); server.ReceiptReplyMode = As4serverReceiptReplyModes.rrmSync; //Our private certificate. Used to sign the receipt. server.SigningCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile, Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyB.pfx"), "password", "*"); server.SendResponse(); //Sends the receipt Receiving Files and Sending an Asynchronous Receipt

Receipts may be sent in the response (synchronous) or at a later time (asynchronous). If the agreement specifies that the receipt be sent asynchronously the following steps may be taken to send the receipt.

After calling ReadRequest the ReceiptReplyMode may be set to indicate the receipt will be returned asynchronously. After calling ParseRequest call SendAckResponse to send back a HTTP 200 OK to the client. The receipt may then be returned later.

To send an asynchronous receipt AS4Client may be used. This can be sent to the partner's web site, or bundled with a later response (depending on the agreement made between the parties). In the example below AS4Client is used to send the receipt to the other party's web site.

//Process incoming files and send an asynchronous receipt server.ReadRequest(); //Inspect values from the request in order to load appropriate certificates etc. //Console.WriteLine(server.AgreementRef); //Console.WriteLine(server.AS4From.Id); //Console.WriteLine(server.AS4To.Id);) server.IncomingDirectory = "..\\MyFiles"; //Our private certificate. Used to decrypt the incoming file server.Certificate = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile, Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyB.pfx"), "password", "*"); //Partner's public certificate. Used to verify the signature on the incoming message and files. server.SignerCert = new Certificate(Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyA.cer")); server.ParseRequest(); server.ReceiptReplyMode = As4serverReceiptReplyModes.rrmAsync; //Our private certificate. Used to sign the receipt. server.SigningCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile, Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyB.pfx"), "password", "*"); server.SendAckResponse(); //Sends an ack, but not the receipt At this point Receipt is populated with the receipt to be sent. Store the Receipt's Content and RefToMessageId values for use when sending the receipt later. Sending a receipt can be done with AS4Client.

//Send an asynchronous receipt client.URL = ""http://www.company.com:9090/msh""; client.Receipt = new EBReceipt(server.Receipt.RefToMessageId, server.Receipt.Content); client.ReceiptReplyMode = As4clientReceiptReplyModes.rrmAsync; client.SendReceipt();

Sending Files

To process a request to send files first check the MPC property. This holds the Message Partition Channel (MPC) from which the client would like to receive files. Next, set AgreementRef, AS4From, AS4To. Check IncomingReceipt to determine if the request has a bundled receipt. If it does VerifyReceipt can be called to verify the receipt.

Note: If the client requests files from the default MPC then MPC may be empty. See MessageType for details.

If the client makes use of UsernameToken authentication the TokenAuthentication event will fire when processing the request.

To send files back to the client simply set EDIData to the files you wish to send. When SendResponse is called the files will be sent back to the client.

//Process a request to send files (pull) //Holds information from the original send so that receipts can be verified later server.AsyncReceiptInfoDir = Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\temp\\ReceiptInfoDir") server.Profile = As4serverProfiles.ebpfENTSOG; server.ReadRequest(); //The receipt may be signed depending upon the AgreementRef server.SignerCert = new Certificate(Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyA.cer")); //If the request has a bundled receipt verify it first if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(server.IncomingReceipt.Content)) { server.VerifyReceipt(); } //If the request is a pull request (MPC is set) if (server.AgreementRef == "" && server.MPC != "") { server.AgreementRef = "http://agreements.company.com/pull_files"; server.AS4From.Id = "org:holodeckb2b:example:company:B"; server.AS4From.Role = "Sender"; server.AS4To.Id = "org:holodeckb2b:example:company:A"; server.AS4To.Role = "Receiver"; server.ReceiptReplyMode = As4serverReceiptReplyModes.rrmAsync; //Our private certificate. Used to sign the message and files. server.SigningCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPFXFile, Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyB.pfx"), "password", "*"); //Partner's public certificate. Used to encrypt files. server.RecipientCerts.Add(new Certificate(Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyA.cer"))); EBData data = new EBData(); data.EDIType = "text/xml"; data.Data = "<test>Hello AS4 World!</test>"; server.EDIData.Add(data); server.SendResponse(); }

Processing Receipts

Any incoming request may potentially include a receipt. The request may be a receipt by itself, or it may be bundled with another type of request (send/receive). When initially sending files AsyncReceiptInfoDir may be set to store data about the original message on disk for use when verifying the receipt. If this is not desired manually store the OriginalSOAPMessage and OriginalSOAPMessageId instead.

To detect if an incoming request contains a receipt simply check the IncomingReceipt property's Content field. If it is populated the request includes a receipt. Set AsyncReceiptInfoDir to the same location as when the file was originally sent. Or alternatively set OriginalSOAPMessage and OriginalSOAPMessageId properties to the original values.

If the receipt is signed set SignerCert to the public certificate which will be used to verify the signature. Lastly call VerifyReceipt. This will perform any signature verification and verify the receipt content as well, matching it to the original message values.

server.ReadRequest(); //The receipt may be signed depending upon the AgreementRef server.SignerCert = new Certificate(Path.Combine(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath, "..\\files\\CompanyA.cer")); //If the request contains a receipt verify it if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(server.IncomingReceipt.Content)) { server.VerifyReceipt(); }

Property List

The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


AgreementRef	The agreement reference.
AS4From	Defines information about the originating party.
AS4To	Defines information about the responding party.
AsyncReceiptInfoDir	A directory to hold information used for asynchronous receipt verification.
Certificate	The certificate with private key used for decryption.
ConversationId	The Conversation Id of the message.
EDIData	The EDI data.
EncryptionAlgorithm	The algorithm used to encrypt the EDI data.
Errors	A collection of errors.
IncomingDirectory	The directory to which incoming files are saved.
IncomingReceipt	The receipt included with the request.
LogDirectory	The path to a directory for logging.
LogFile	The log file written.
MessageId	The unique Id of the message.
MessageProperties	A collection of message properties.
MPC	The MPC (Message Partition Channel) from which files are requested.
OriginalSOAPMessage	The original SOAP message used to verify the receipt.
OriginalSOAPMessageId	The original SOAP message Id used to verify the receipt.
Profile	The AS4 profile.
Receipt	The receipt of a message.
ReceiptReplyMode	The expected receipt reply mode.
RecipientCerts	The public certificate used to encrypt files when sending.
RefToMessageId	Specifies the RefToMessageId in the message.
Request	The HTTP request to be processed.
RequestHeaders	The HTTP headers in the AS4 request.
RequestHeadersString	The HTTP headers in the AS4 request.
RolloverCertificate	The rollover decryption certificate.
RolloverSigningCert	Contains the certificate to use when signing messages.
Service	The service which acts on the message.
ServiceAction	The action within a service that acts on the message.
ServiceType	The type of service.
SignatureAlgorithm	Signature algorithm to be used in the message.
SignerCert	The public certificate used to verify signatures.
SigningCert	The certificate with private key used to sign messages and files.

Method List

The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


Config	Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
DoEvents	This method processes events from the internal message queue.
Interrupt	This method interrupts the current method.
ParseRequest	Parses and processes the message.
ReadRequest	Reads the AS4 request.
Reset	Resets the state of the control.
SendAckResponse	Sends an acknowledgement of the request only.
SendResponse	This method sends the response over the current HTTP context.
SetRequestStream	Sets the stream from which the component will read the AS4 request.
VerifyReceipt	Verifies a received receipt.

Event List

The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


Error	Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
Log	Fired with log information while processing a message.
RecipientInfo	Fired for each recipient certificate of the encrypted message.
SignerCertInfo	This event is fired during verification of the signed message.
TokenAuthentication	Fired when the client makes use of UsernameToken authentication.

Config Settings

The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


AgreementRefPMode	AgreementRef PMode of message.
AgreementRefType	The type of AgreementRef.
AllowWarnings	Whether warnings are interpreted as fatal errors.
AttachXMLFiles	Whether to send XML files as attachments or within the SOAP body.
CloseStreamAfterProcessing	Whether to close the input or output stream after processing.
CompressXMLPayloads	Whether to compress XML data.
ContentTransferEncoding	The content encoding of the payload data.
DetectDuplicates	Whether to detect duplicate messages when receiving.
EBPrefix	Specifies the prefix to use for messaging.
EDIDataPartId[i]	Specified the part Id at the given index.
EnableTokenReferenceTokenType	Whether to include the TokenType attribute in a SecurityTokenReference element.
EncryptionSecurityTokenFormat	The format to use for the security token when encryption.
FilenameProperty	Defines a part property to hold the filename.
ForceSigningCert	Whether to force only the SigningCert to be used for signing.
FromId[i]	The Id of the party specified by AS4From.
FromIdCount	The number of Ids for the party specified by AS4From.
FromIdType[i]	The Id type of the party specified by AS4From.
IdRight	A custom Id for the right side of the MessageId.
KeyAgreementMethod	The agreement method used for KeyWrap encryption algorithms.
KeyDerivationConcatKDFDigestMethod	The digest method used for the ConcatKDF key derivation method.
KeyDerivationMethod	The key derivation method used for KeyWrap encryption algorithms.
KeyEncryptionAlgorithm	The algorithm used to encrypt the key.
LogLevel	The level of information to log.
LogOptions	The information to be written to log files.
MessageType	Indicates the type of message received.
NormalizeIssuerSubject	Whether to normalize the certificate subject within the X509Data element.
OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm	The MGF1 hash algorithm used when encrypting a key.
OAEPParams	The hex encoded OAEP parameters to be used when encrypting a key.
OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm	The RSA hash algorithm used when encrypting a key.
ReferenceHashAlgorithm	The hash algorithm used to hash the data specified in the reference of a signature.
RequireEncryption	Whether encryption is required when processing received messages.
RequireSignature	Whether a signature is required when processing received messages.
ResponseBody	The body for the AS4 response message.
ResponseFile	A file from which to read the response.
ResponseHeaders	The headers for the AS4 response message.
ResponseToFile	Creates the AS4 response message on disk.
ResponseToString	Creates the AS4 response message in memory.
RolloverCertStore	The certificate store for the rollover certificate.
RolloverCertStorePassword	The certificate store for the rollover certificate.
RolloverCertStoreType	The certificate store for the rollover certificate.
RolloverCertSubject	The certificate store for the rollover certificate.
SignatureHash	The hash algorithm used to hash the data specified in signature.
SignerCACert	The CA certificates that issued the signer certificate.
SigningSecurityTokenFormat	The format to use for the security token when signing.
TempPath	Where temporary files are optionally written.
ToId[i]	The Id of the party specified by AS4To.
ToIdCount	The number of Ids for the party specified by AS4To.
ToIdType[i]	The Id type of the party specified by AS4To.
TransformReceipt	Whether to canonicalize the received receipt.
UseTransformedXMLAttachment	Whether to send the canonicalized XML.
WriteLogFilesToEvent	Whether to log the contents of the LogFiles in the Log event.
AcceptEncoding	Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.
AllowHTTPCompression	This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.
AllowHTTPFallback	Whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1.
AllowNTLMFallback	Whether to allow fallback from Negotiate to NTLM when authenticating.
Append	Whether to append data to LocalFile.
Authorization	The Authorization string to be sent to the server.
BytesTransferred	Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.
ChunkSize	Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.
CompressHTTPRequest	Set to true to compress the body of a PUT or POST request.
EncodeURL	If set to True the URL will be encoded by the component.
FollowRedirects	Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
GetOn302Redirect	If set to True the component will perform a GET on the new location.
HTTP2HeadersWithoutIndexing	HTTP2 headers that should not update the dynamic header table with incremental indexing.
HTTPVersion	The version of HTTP used by the component.
IfModifiedSince	A date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
KeepAlive	Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.
KerberosSPN	The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
LogLevel	The level of detail that is logged.
MaxHeaders	Instructs component to save the amount of headers specified that are returned by the server after a Header event has been fired.
MaxHTTPCookies	Instructs component to save the amount of cookies specified that are returned by the server when a SetCookie event is fired.
MaxRedirectAttempts	Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.
NegotiatedHTTPVersion	The negotiated HTTP version.
OtherHeaders	Other headers as determined by the user (optional).
ProxyAuthorization	The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.
ProxyAuthScheme	The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPassword	A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPort	Port for the proxy server (default 80).
ProxyServer	Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional).
ProxyUser	A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
SentHeaders	The full set of headers as sent by the client.
StatusCode	The status code of the last response from the server.
StatusLine	The first line of the last response from the server.
TransferredData	The contents of the last response from the server.
TransferredDataLimit	The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component.
TransferredHeaders	The full set of headers as received from the server.
TransferredRequest	The full request as sent by the client.
UseChunkedEncoding	Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.
UseIDNs	Whether to encode hostnames to internationalized domain names.
UsePlatformDeflate	Whether to use the platform implementation to decompress compressed responses.
UsePlatformHTTPClient	Whether or not to use the platform HTTP client.
UseProxyAutoConfigURL	Whether to use a Proxy auto-config file when attempting a connection.
UserAgent	Information about the user agent (browser).
CloseStreamAfterTransfer	If true, the component will close the upload or download stream after the transfer.
ConnectionTimeout	Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetect	Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHost	Name or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallListener	If true, the component binds to a SOCKS firewall as a server (TCPClient only).
FirewallPassword	Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPort	The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallType	Determines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUser	A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveInterval	The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
KeepAliveTime	The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
Linger	When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTime	Time in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHost	The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPort	The port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxLineLength	The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRate	The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
ProxyExceptionsList	A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.
TCPKeepAlive	Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
TcpNoDelay	Whether or not to delay when sending packets.
UseIPv6	Whether to use IPv6.
UseNTLMv2	Whether to use NTLM V2.
CACertFilePaths	The paths to CA certificate files when using Mono on Unix/Linux.
LogSSLPackets	Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.
ReuseSSLSession	Determines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCACerts	A newline separated list of CA certificates to be included when performing an SSL handshake.
SSLCheckCRL	Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.
SSLCheckOCSP	Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.
SSLCipherStrength	The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLClientCACerts	A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL client certificate validation.
SSLEnabledCipherSuites	The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.
SSLEnabledProtocols	Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLEnableRenegotiation	Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.
SSLIncludeCertChain	Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.
SSLKeyLogFile	The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.
SSLNegotiatedCipher	Returns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength	Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength.
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite	Returns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange	Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength	Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.
SSLNegotiatedVersion	Returns the negotiated protocol version.
SSLSecurityFlags	Flags that control certificate verification.
SSLServerCACerts	A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL server certificate validation.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithms	Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
TLS12SupportedGroups	The supported groups for ECC.
TLS13KeyShareGroups	The groups for which to pregenerate key shares.
TLS13SignatureAlgorithms	The allowed certificate signature algorithms.
TLS13SupportedGroups	The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.
AbsoluteTimeout	Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallData	Used to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSize	The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSize	The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
BuildInfo	Information about the product's build.
GUIAvailable	Whether or not a message loop is available for processing events.
LicenseInfo	Information about the current license.
MaskSensitiveData	Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseFIPSCompliantAPI	Tells the component whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs.
UseInternalSecurityAPI	Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

AgreementRef Property (AS4Server Component)

The agreement reference.

public string AgreementRef { get; set; }

Public Property AgreementRef As String

Default Value

Remarks

This property holds a value identifying the agreement between the two parties. The agreement is made outside the scope of the request and response and governs details about the interaction including reply mode, signing and encryption options, etc.

The value of this property should be set to a mutually agreed upon identifier. Both parties will use this value know what the expected requirements are for a particular request or response.

The format of this value is typically a URI, such as "http://mycompany.com/agreement_01" but can be any unique string that both parties are configured to accept. Another common format is the concatenation of the AS4From and AS4To values.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:AgreementRef"

AS4From Property (AS4Server Component)

Defines information about the originating party.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public EBPartyInfo AS4From { get; set; }

Public Property AS4From As EBPartyInfo

Remarks

This property defines information about the party that originates the message.

Please refer to the EBPartyInfo type for a complete list of fields.

AS4To Property (AS4Server Component)

Defines information about the responding party.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public EBPartyInfo AS4To { get; set; }

Public Property AS4To As EBPartyInfo

Remarks

This property defines information about the party that receives the message.

Please refer to the EBPartyInfo type for a complete list of fields.

AsyncReceiptInfoDir Property (AS4Server Component)

A directory to hold information used for asynchronous receipt verification.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public string AsyncReceiptInfoDir { get; set; }

Public Property AsyncReceiptInfoDir As String

Default Value

Remarks

This setting specifies a directory which holds information about the original message that was sent.

When sending files and requesting asynchronous receipts set this directory to a location where data can be stored. When the receipt is later received this property should be set so original message information can be read in order to verify the receipt.

As an alternative the original message information may be manually stored by saving the values of OriginalSOAPMessage and OriginalSOAPMessageId after sending a file. In this case OriginalSOAPMessage and OriginalSOAPMessageId should be populated before verifying the receipt.

See the VerifyReceipt method of AS4Server for more details about verifying asynchronous receipts.

Certificate Property (AS4Server Component)

The certificate with private key used for decryption.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public Certificate Certificate { get; set; }

Public Property Certificate As Certificate

Remarks

This property specifies a certificate with private key. It is used to decrypt received files.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

ConversationId Property (AS4Server Component)

The Conversation Id of the message.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public string ConversationId { get; set; }

Public Property ConversationId As String

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies an Id that may be used to identify a set of related messages. This is required and if a value is not specified one will automatically be created.

Note: When Profile is set to ebpfENTSOG this value will always be empty.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:ConversationId"

EDIData Property (AS4Server Component)

The EDI data.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public EBDataList EDIData { get; }

Public Property EDIData As EBDataList

Remarks

This property defines the EDI data to be sent. This may include multiple files.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the EBData type for a complete list of fields.

EncryptionAlgorithm Property (AS4Server Component)

The algorithm used to encrypt the EDI data.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public string EncryptionAlgorithm { get; set; }

Public Property EncryptionAlgorithm As String

Default Value

"AES128GCM"

Remarks

If RecipientCerts contains a valid certificate, the data will be encrypted using this certificate and the algorithm specified in EncryptionAlgorithm. If EncryptionAlgorithm is set to the empty string, the data will not be encrypted.

The component supports "3DES", or industry-standard 168-bit Triple-DES encryption.

The component supports "AES" encryption with a default keysize of 128 bits. You may also set "AESCBC192" or "AESCBC256" for 192- and 256-bit keysizes.

Possible values are:

3DES
DES
AESCBC128
AESCBC192
AESCBC256
AES128GCM (default)
AES192GCM
AES256GCM

Errors Property (AS4Server Component)

A collection of errors.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public EBErrorList Errors { get; }

Public Property Errors As EBErrorList

Remarks

This property is populated with error information. There may be one or more errors.

Common errors defined in the ebMS specifications are listed below for reference.


Error Code	Short Description	Severity	Category	Description
EBMS:0001	ValueNotRecognized	failure	Content	Although the message document is well formed and schema valid, some element/attribute contains a value that could not be recognized and therefore could not be used by the MSH
EBMS:0002	FeatureNotSupported	warning	Content	Although the message document is well formed and schema valid, some element/attribute value cannot be processed as expected because the related feature is not supported by the MSH.
EBMS:0003	ValueInconsistent	failure	Content	Although the message document is well formed and schema valid, some element/attribute value is inconsistent either with the content of other element/attribute, or with the processing mode of the MSH, or with the normative requirements of the ebMS specification.
EBMS:0004	Other	failure	Content
EBMS:0005	ConnectionFailure	failure	Communication	The MSH is experiencing temporary or permanent failure in trying to open a transport connection with a remote MSH.
EBMS:0006	EmptyMessagePartitionChannel	warning	Communication	There is no message available for pulling from this MPC at this moment.
EBMS:0007	MimeInconsistency	failure	Unpackaging	The use of MIME is not consistent with the required usage in this specification.
EBMS:0008	FeatureNotSupported	failure	Unpackaging	Although the message document is well formed and schema valid, the presence or absence of some element/ attribute is not consistent with the capability of the MSH, with respect to supported features.
EBMS:0009	InvalidHeader	failure	Unpackaging	The ebMS header is either not well formed as an XML document, or does not conform to the ebMS packaging rules
EBMS:0010	ProcessingModeMismatch	failure	Processing	The ebMS header or another header (e.g. reliability, security) expected by the MSH is not compatible with the expected content, based on the associated P-Mode.
EBMS:0011	ExternalPayloadError	failure	Content	The MSH is unable to resolve an external payload reference (i.e. a Part that is not contained within the ebMS Message, as identified by a PartInfo/href URI).
EBMS:0101	FailedAuthentication	failure	Processing	The signature in the Security header intended for the "ebms" SOAP actor, could not be validated by the Security module.
EBMS:0102	FailedDecryption	failure	Processing	The encrypted data reference the Security header intended for the "ebms" SOAP actor could not be decrypted by the Security Module.
EBMS:0103	PolicyNoncompliance	failure	Processing	The processor determined that the message's security methods, parameters, scope or other security policy-level requirements or agreements were not satisfied.
EBMS:0201	DysfunctionalReliability	failure	Processing	Some reliability function as implemented by the Reliability module, is not operational, or the reliability state associated with this message sequence is not valid
EBMS:0202	DeliveryFailure	failure	Communication	Although the message was sent under Guaranteed delivery requirement, the Reliability module could not get assurance that the message was properly delivered, in spite of resending efforts.
EBMS:0301	MissingReceipt	failure	Communication	A Receipt has not been received for a message that was previously sent by the MSH generating this error.
EBMS:0302	InvalidReceipt	failure	Communication	A Receipt has been received for a message that was previously sent by the MSH generating this error, but the content does not match the message content (e.g. some part has not been acknowledged, or the digest associated does not match the signature digest, for NRR).
EBMS:0303	Decompression-Failure	failure	Communication	An error occurred during the decompression.

Please refer to the EBError type for a complete list of fields.

IncomingDirectory Property (AS4Server Component)

The directory to which incoming files are saved.

Syntax

C#
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public string IncomingDirectory { get; set; }

Public Property IncomingDirectory As String

Default Value

Remarks

If IncomingDirectory is set, the received files will be stored in the specified directory. If a filename is specified in the EDI message, the component will write to the specified filename, otherwise, a filename will be automatically generated based on a timestamp of the incoming transmission. In either case, if the filename exists on disk, the data will be written to the same name with a "-duplicate?" appended to the filename, where "?" is the number of duplicates.

This property is optional, if not set file data will be stored in EDIData.

IncomingReceipt Property (AS4Server Component)

The receipt included with the request.

Syntax

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public EBReceipt IncomingReceipt { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property IncomingReceipt As EBReceipt

Remarks

This property is populated by ReadRequest if the incoming request contains a receipt. Receipts received in this manner are always asynchronous and must be verified by calling VerifyReceipt.

Processing Receipts

This property is read-only.

Please refer to the EBReceipt type for a complete list of fields.

LogDirectory Property (AS4Server Component)

The path to a directory for logging.

Syntax

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public string LogDirectory { get; set; }

Public Property LogDirectory As String

Default Value

Remarks

Setting LogDirectory will instruct the component to log the details of each transmission to unique files in the specified directory. For each request processed, the component will log the complete text of the outgoing request and the incoming response.

The component will write multiple log files for each transmission, with separate extensions for each type of data:


Status (.log)	Contains information about the steps taken during processing.
Request (.out)	Contains the raw request/response that is sent by the component.
Response (.in)	Contains the raw request/response that is received by the component.
Incoming ebXML (.ieb)	Contains the incoming ebXML message.
Outgoing ebXML (.oeb)	Contains the outgoing ebXML message.

One or more of these log files may be disabled by setting the LogOptions configuration setting. LogDirectory supports several macros that can be used to specify a unique directory path. If the path specified does not already exist, the component will attempt to create the directory. The following macros are supported:


%AS4From%	The AS4From value in the message. Note that invalid filename characters will be replaced with the `_` character.
%MessageId%	The MessageId of the transmission, after it is generated.
%Date:format%	Format is a platform-specific date/time formatting string. For example: yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss-tttt

The filenames will be chosen automatically by the component. Each filename will be the system time, in the format YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-MMMM, with extensions "-2", "-3", used in case files of those names already exist. After each transaction is processed LogFile will contain the name of the files just written, minus the extension.

If logs cannot be written an exception will be thrown.

LogFile Property (AS4Server Component)

The log file written.

Syntax

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public string LogFile { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property LogFile As String

Default Value

Remarks

If LogDirectory is specified a log file will be written in the specified directory and LogFile will contain the full path and name of the files written, minus the extension.

The component will write multiple log files for each transmission, with separate extensions for each type of data:


Status (.log)	Contains information about the steps taken during processing.
Request (.out)	Contains the raw request/response that is sent by the component.
Response (.in)	Contains the raw request/response that is received by the component.
Incoming ebXML (.ieb)	Contains the incoming ebXML message.
Outgoing ebXML (.oeb)	Contains the outgoing ebXML message.


%AS4From%	The AS4From value in the message. Note that invalid filename characters will be replaced with the `_` character.
%MessageId%	The MessageId of the transmission, after it is generated.
%Date:format%	Format is a platform-specific date/time formatting string. For example: yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss-tttt

If logs cannot be written an exception will be thrown.

This property is read-only.

MessageId Property (AS4Server Component)

The unique Id of the message.

Syntax

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public string MessageId { get; set; }

Public Property MessageId As String

Default Value

Remarks

This property defines the unique Id of the message. When sending files the component will automatically generate a value in the format "GUID@nsoftware". When receiving files the Id will be populated with the value read from the message.

In most cases there is no need to set this value, however if a file needs to be retransmitted using the same message Id for reliability this may be set. In AS4Client this may be set before calling SendFiles. In AS4Server this may be set after calling ReadRequest and before calling SendResponse.

This property is not available at design time.

MessageProperties Property (AS4Server Component)

A collection of message properties.

Syntax

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public EBPropertyList MessageProperties { get; }

Public Property MessageProperties As EBPropertyList

Remarks

This collection specifies the message level properties that are sent with the message. This may be used to add additional values. The semantics of the values are beyond the scope of AS4, but this may be used for values that assist with processing, or other user-defined use cases.

These properties may be populated before sending a message, and are populated after parsing an incoming message.

Sending

When sending a message any number of properties may be added. The PropertyType field is optional. For instance: //using fields client.MessageProperties.Add(new EBProperty()); client.MessageProperties[0].Name = "name1"; client.MessageProperties[0].Value = "value1"; client.MessageProperties[0].PropertyType = "string"; //optional //using constructor client.MessageProperties.Add(new EBProperty("name2", "value2"));

Receiving

When receiving a message the properties may be read from this collection. For instance: for (int i = 0; i < server.MessageProperties.Count; i++) { Console.WriteLine(server.MessageProperties[i].Name + ": " + server.MessageProperties[i].Value); }

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:MessageProperties""

Please refer to the EBProperty type for a complete list of fields.

MPC Property (AS4Server Component)

The MPC (Message Partition Channel) from which files are requested.

Syntax

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public string MPC { get; set; }

Public Property MPC As String

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies the MPC (Message Partition Channel) from which to receive files. This must be set before calling ReceiveFiles. The value specified here must be known to the other party.

When left unspecified this indicates the default MPC.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:SignalMessage/eb:PullRequest/@mpc"

This property defines the MPC (Message Partition Channel) from which the client requests files. This is populated after calling ReadRequest and is used to determine from which channel to provide files to the client.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:SignalMessage/eb:PullRequest/@mpc"

OriginalSOAPMessage Property (AS4Server Component)

The original SOAP message used to verify the receipt.

Syntax

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public string OriginalSOAPMessage { get; set; }

Public Property OriginalSOAPMessage As String

Default Value

Remarks

OriginalSOAPMessage and OriginalSOAPMessageId may be used as an alternative to AsyncReceiptInfoDir when verifying receipts.

If AsyncReceiptInfoDir is not set when the original message is sent, these values will be populated after the send and the values should be saved.

Before verifying the receipt set these properties to their original values.

This property is not available at design time.

OriginalSOAPMessageId Property (AS4Server Component)

The original SOAP message Id used to verify the receipt.

Syntax

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public string OriginalSOAPMessageId { get; set; }

Public Property OriginalSOAPMessageId As String

Default Value

Remarks

OriginalSOAPMessage and OriginalSOAPMessageId may be used as an alternative to AsyncReceiptInfoDir when verifying receipts.

If AsyncReceiptInfoDir is not set when the original message is sent, these values will be populated after the send and the values should be saved.

Before verifying the receipt set these properties to their original values.

This property is not available at design time.

Profile Property (AS4Server Component)

The AS4 profile.

Syntax

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public AS4ServerProfiles Profile { get; set; }

enum AS4ServerProfiles {
  ebpfStandard,
  ebpfENTSOG,
  ebpfEDelivery,
  ebpfBDEW,
  ebpfENTSOG_V4,
  ebpfEDelivery_V2
}

Public Property Profile As As4serverProfiles

Enum AS4ServerProfiles
  ebpfStandard
  ebpfENTSOG
  ebpfEDelivery
  ebpfBDEW
  ebpfENTSOG_V4
  ebpfEDelivery_V2
End Enum

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies the AS4 profile to use. Different profiles may have different requirements and default options. Setting this property to the correct value ensures that the right options are selected in order to conform to the profile. Possible values are:


0 (ebpfStandard - default)	The AS4 Profile of ebMS 3.0 Version 1.0 OASIS Standard
1 (ebpfENTSOG)	The ENTSOG AS4 Profile
2 (ebpfEDelivery)	The eDelivery AS4 Profile
3 (ebpfBDEW)	The BDEW AS4 Profile
4 (ebpfENTSOG_V4)	The ENTSOG Version 4 AS4 Profile
5 (ebpfEDelivery)	The eDelivery Version 2 AS4 Profile

When Profile is set to ebpfENTSOG the following settings are automatically applied:


Property	Value
CompressionFormat	ebcfGZIP
EncryptionAlgorithm	"AES128GCM"
ConversationId	Remains empty
SignatureAlgorithm	"SHA256"
AttachXMLFiles	`true`
DetectDuplicates	`true`
OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm	"SHA256"
OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm	"SHA256"
ReferenceHashAlgorithm	"SHA256"

When Profile is set to ebpfENTSOG_V4, version 4 of the ENTSOG profile is used and the following settings are automatically applied:


Property	Value
CompressionFormat	ebcfGZIP
EncryptionAlgorithm	"AES128GCM"
SignatureAlgorithm	"EDDSA-ED25519"
AttachXMLFiles	`true`
DetectDuplicates	`true`
ReferenceHashAlgorithm	"SHA256"
SignatureHash	"SHA256"
KeyAgreementMethod	"X25519"
KeyDerivationMethod	"HKDF"
KeyEncryptionAlgorithm	"KW-AES128"
SSLEnabledProtocols	"0x3C00" (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3)

When Profile is set to ebpfEDelivery the following settings are automatically applied:


Property	Value
CompressionFormat	ebcfGZIP
EncryptionAlgorithm	"AES128GCM"
RequireEncryption	`true`
RequireSignature	`true`
SignatureAlgorithm	"SHA256"
OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm	"SHA256"
OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm	"SHA256"
EncryptionSecurityTokenFormat	1 (Binary)
SigningSecurityTokenFormat	1 (Binary)

When Profile is set to ebpfEDelivery_V2, version 2 of the eDelivery profile is used and the following settings are automatically applied:


Property	Value
CompressionFormat	ebcfGZIP
EncryptionAlgorithm	"AES128GCM"
SignatureAlgorithm	"EDDSA-ED25519"
AttachXMLFiles	`true`
DetectDuplicates	`true`
ReferenceHashAlgorithm	"SHA256"
SignatureHash	"SHA256"
KeyAgreementMethod	"X25519"
KeyDerivationMethod	"HKDF"
KeyEncryptionAlgorithm	"KW-AES128"
SSLEnabledProtocols	"0x3C00" (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3)

When Profile is set to ebpfBDEW the following settings are automatically applied:


Property	Value
CompressionFormat	ebcfGZIP
EncryptionAlgorithm	"AES128GCM"
RequireEncryption	`true`
RequireSignature	`true`
SignatureAlgorithm	"ECDSASHA256"
EncryptionSecurityTokenFormat	0 (X509)
SigningSecurityTokenFormat	3 (X509PKIPathv1)
ForceSigningCert	`true`
KeyEncryptionAlgorithm	KW-AES128
KeyAgreementMethod	ECDH-ES
KeyDerivationMethod	ConcatKDF
KeyDerivationConcatKDFDigestMethod	SHA256

Note: When ebpfBDEW is selected, both the SigningCert and Encryption Cert(recipientCert) MUST use ECDSA with the BrainpoolP256r1 curve.

Receipt Property (AS4Server Component)

The receipt of a message.

Syntax

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public EBReceipt Receipt { get; set; }

Public Property Receipt As EBReceipt

Remarks

This property holds the receipt of a message. When receiving files from a client this property is populated with the receipt to be sent back after calling ParseRequest.

To deliver the receipt in the same connection (synchronously) call SendResponse. To deliver the receipt asynchronously use the SendReceipt method of AS4Client.

Note: This property is only applicable for receipts generated in response to received files. For information on processing incoming asynchronous receipts see IncomingReceipt and VerifyReceipt.

Please refer to the EBReceipt type for a complete list of fields.

ReceiptReplyMode Property (AS4Server Component)

The expected receipt reply mode.

Syntax

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public AS4ServerReceiptReplyModes ReceiptReplyMode { get; set; }

enum AS4ServerReceiptReplyModes {
  rrmSync,
  rrmAsync,
  rrmNone
}

Public Property ReceiptReplyMode As As4serverReceiptReplyModes

Enum AS4ServerReceiptReplyModes
  rrmSync
  rrmAsync
  rrmNone
End Enum

Default Value

Remarks

This setting tells the component how to expect or deliver a receipt. Possible values are:


0 (rrmSync - default)	The receipt is expected in the response to the request. This is only valid when sending files from a client to a server (push). This is a synchronous receipt (the receipt is returned in the same HTTP connection).
1 (rrmAsync)	The receipt is returned at a later time. The receipt may be returned by itself in a separate connection, or may be bundled with a subsequent request. This is the only available mode when receiving files from a server (pull).
2 (rrmNone)	No receipt is expected.

It is important to always set this property to the correct value in both AS4Client and AS4Server, whether sending or receiving, so the component can build a valid message. This should be set to the previously agreed upon value between the parties in the agreement identified by AgreementRef

RecipientCerts Property (AS4Server Component)

The public certificate used to encrypt files when sending.

Syntax

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public CertificateList RecipientCerts { get; }

Public Property RecipientCerts As CertificateList

Remarks

The encryption certificates of the recipients. If this property is specified, the files being sent will be encrypted using the algorithm given by EncryptionAlgorithm.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

RefToMessageId Property (AS4Server Component)

Specifies the RefToMessageId in the message.

Syntax

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public string RefToMessageId { get; set; }

Public Property RefToMessageId As String

Default Value

Remarks

This property specifies the RefToMessageId value in the message being sent.

This property is only applicable when Profile is set to ebpfEDelivery. The eDelivery profile supports the Two-Way/Push-and-Push MEP (Message Exchange Pattern), where sending a file can be in reference to a previously received file. In this case RefToMessageId specifies the Id of the previously received message to which this send is in reference.

When sending with AS4Client this should only be set when using the eDelivery profile and need to explicitly specify the RefToMessageId value as per the Two-Way/Push-And-Push MEP.

When receiving with AS4Server this may be read after receiving a message.

Request Property (AS4Server Component)

The HTTP request to be processed.

Syntax

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public string Request { get; set; }
public byte[] RequestB { get; set; }

Public Property Request As String
Public Property RequestB As Byte()

Default Value

Remarks

The body of the request to be processed. The HTTP headers may be set separately in RequestHeadersString. If they are included, a double CRLF pair should be used to separate the headers from the body.

Typically, the request may be read directly from the HTTP context, without setting this property.

This property is not available at design time.

RequestHeaders Property (AS4Server Component)

The HTTP headers in the AS4 request.

Syntax

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public HeaderList RequestHeaders { get; }

Public Property RequestHeaders As HeaderList

Remarks

A collection of headers. These will include all HTTP headers.

When assigning an AS4 request to the component, the headers may be included specified in RequestHeaders or RequestHeadersString.

Please refer to the Header type for a complete list of fields.

RequestHeadersString Property (AS4Server Component)

The HTTP headers in the AS4 request.

Syntax

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public string RequestHeadersString { get; set; }

Public Property RequestHeadersString As String

Default Value

Remarks

The entire list of headers, concatenated into a single string. These will include all HTTP headers. Specific headers may be accessed through RequestHeaders.

RolloverCertificate Property (AS4Server Component)

The rollover decryption certificate.

Syntax

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public Certificate RolloverCertificate { get; set; }

Public Property RolloverCertificate As Certificate

Remarks

The rollover digital certificate that the component will use to decrypt incoming transmissions. This may be used to specify an additional decryption certificate during a period of transition between private certificates in the application.

When specified the component will be able to decrypt messages that were encrypted with the corresponding public certificate of either Certificate or RolloverCertificate.

RolloverCertificate must be set to a private key certificate.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

RolloverSigningCert Property (AS4Server Component)

Contains the certificate to use when signing messages.

Syntax

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public Certificate RolloverSigningCert { get; set; }

Public Property RolloverSigningCert As Certificate

Remarks

This is your rollover signing certificate. This may be used to specify an additional signing certificate during a period of transition between private certificates in the application.

If this property is specified, the message content will be signed using both SigningCert and RolloverSigningCert. The recipient will be able to verify the signature with either corresponding public certificate.

If set, this property should be a private key instance of Certificate.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

Service Property (AS4Server Component)

The service which acts on the message.

Syntax

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public string Service { get; set; }

Public Property Service As String

Default Value

"http://docs.oasis-open.org/ebxml-msg/as4/200902/service"

Remarks

This property specifies the service which acts on the message. This should only be changed from the default value if there is a specific reason to do so.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:Service"

ServiceAction Property (AS4Server Component)

The action within a service that acts on the message.

Syntax

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public string ServiceAction { get; set; }

Public Property ServiceAction As String

Default Value

"http://docs.oasis-open.org/ebxml-msg/as4/200902/action"

Remarks

This property defines the action within a service that acts upon a message. This should only be changed from the default value if there is a specific reason to do so.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:Action".

ServiceType Property (AS4Server Component)

The type of service.

Syntax

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public string ServiceType { get; set; }

Public Property ServiceType As String

Default Value

Remarks

This optionally specifies the type of the service. The semantics of this value should be agreed upon by both parties ahead of time. It may be used to tell the other party how to interpret the Service value.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:Service@type"

SignatureAlgorithm Property (AS4Server Component)

Signature algorithm to be used in the message.

Syntax

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public string SignatureAlgorithm { get; set; }

Public Property SignatureAlgorithm As String

Default Value

"sha-256"

Remarks

Signature Algorithm can be set to indicate the preferred signing algorithm. Possible values are:

SHA1
MD5
SHA-256 (or SHA256) (default)
SHA-384 (or SHA384)
SHA-512 (or SHA512)
SHA-224 (or SHA224)
ECDSA-SHA1
ECDSA-SHA224
ECDSA-SHA256
ECDSA-SHA384
ECDSA-SHA512
EDDSA-ED25519
EDDSA-ED448

The default value is "SHA-256".

SignerCert Property (AS4Server Component)

The public certificate used to verify signatures.

Syntax

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public Certificate SignerCert { get; set; }

Public Property SignerCert As Certificate

Remarks

This property specifies a public certificate used to verify signatures on received messages, receipts, and files. If the content is signed by the other party, it is verified using this certificate.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

SigningCert Property (AS4Server Component)

The certificate with private key used to sign messages and files.

Syntax

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public Certificate SigningCert { get; set; }

Public Property SigningCert As Certificate

Remarks

This property specifies a certificate with private key used to sign outgoing messages and files. If this property is specified, the message content will be signed using the algorithm given by SignatureAlgorithm.

Used to sign any outgoing message. This applies to requests made when calling SendFiles and ReceiveFiles.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

Config Method (AS4Server Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

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public string Config(string configurationString);

Async Version
public async Task<string> Config(string configurationString);
public async Task<string> Config(string configurationString, CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Function Config(ByVal ConfigurationString As String) As String

Async Version
Public Function Config(ByVal ConfigurationString As String) As Task(Of String)
Public Function Config(ByVal ConfigurationString As String, cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task(Of String)

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

DoEvents Method (AS4Server Component)

This method processes events from the internal message queue.

Syntax

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public void DoEvents();

Async Version
public async Task DoEvents();
public async Task DoEvents(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub DoEvents()

Async Version
Public Sub DoEvents() As Task
Public Sub DoEvents(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

When DoEvents is called, the component processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.

Interrupt Method (AS4Server Component)

This method interrupts the current method.

Syntax

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public void Interrupt();

Async Version
public async Task Interrupt();
public async Task Interrupt(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub Interrupt()

Async Version
Public Sub Interrupt() As Task
Public Sub Interrupt(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.

ParseRequest Method (AS4Server Component)

Parses and processes the message.

Syntax

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public void ParseRequest();

Async Version
public async Task ParseRequest();
public async Task ParseRequest(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub ParseRequest()

Async Version
Public Sub ParseRequest() As Task
Public Sub ParseRequest(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

This method processes the message in the request. If the message is encrypted, it will be decrypted. If the message is signed, the signature will be verified. This method should be called after calling ReadRequest and specifying any necessary certificates for the operation to complete successfully.

Receiving Files and Sending a Receipt

Sending Files

Note: If the client requests files from the default MPC then MPC may be empty. See MessageType for details.

If the client makes use of UsernameToken authentication the TokenAuthentication event will fire when processing the request.

To send files back to the client simply set EDIData to the files you wish to send. When SendResponse is called the files will be sent back to the client.

ReadRequest Method (AS4Server Component)

Reads the AS4 request.

Syntax

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public void ReadRequest();

Async Version
public async Task ReadRequest();
public async Task ReadRequest(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub ReadRequest()

Async Version
Public Sub ReadRequest() As Task
Public Sub ReadRequest(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

AgreementRef
AS4From
AS4To
ConversationId
EDIData
Errors
IncomingReceipt
MessageId
MessageProperties
MPC
Service
ServiceAction
ServiceType

Once information about the request is determined the component may then be configured to respond appropriately depending on the operation.

Reset Method (AS4Server Component)

Resets the state of the control.

Syntax

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public void Reset();

Async Version
public async Task Reset();
public async Task Reset(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub Reset()

Async Version
Public Sub Reset() As Task
Public Sub Reset(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

Reset resets the state of the component. All properties will be set to their default values.

SendAckResponse Method (AS4Server Component)

Sends an acknowledgement of the request only.

Syntax

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public void SendAckResponse();

Async Version
public async Task SendAckResponse();
public async Task SendAckResponse(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub SendAckResponse()

Async Version
Public Sub SendAckResponse() As Task
Public Sub SendAckResponse(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

This method is used to respond to a client who sends a file and the agreement dictates that the receipt be returned asynchronously. In this case no receipt should be returned to the client. This method will send an acknowledgment only (no receipt) to the client to indicate that the request was received and processed.

This method is only applicable when ReceiptReplyMode is set to rrmAsync.

SendResponse Method (AS4Server Component)

This method sends the response over the current HTTP context.

Syntax

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public void SendResponse();

Async Version
public async Task SendResponse();
public async Task SendResponse(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub SendResponse()

Async Version
Public Sub SendResponse() As Task
Public Sub SendResponse(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

This method sends the response. This should be called after ParseRequest to deliver the response to the client.

Receiving Files and Sending a Receipt

Sending Files

Note: If the client requests files from the default MPC then MPC may be empty. See MessageType for details.

If the client makes use of UsernameToken authentication the TokenAuthentication event will fire when processing the request.

To send files back to the client simply set EDIData to the files you wish to send. When SendResponse is called the files will be sent back to the client.

SetRequestStream Method (AS4Server Component)

Sets the stream from which the component will read the AS4 request.

Syntax

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public void SetRequestStream(System.IO.Stream inputStream);

Async Version
public async Task SetRequestStream(System.IO.Stream inputStream);
public async Task SetRequestStream(System.IO.Stream inputStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub SetRequestStream(ByVal InputStream As System.IO.Stream)

Async Version
Public Sub SetRequestStream(ByVal InputStream As System.IO.Stream) As Task
Public Sub SetRequestStream(ByVal InputStream As System.IO.Stream, cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

If an input stream is set before the component attempts to process an AS4 request, the data is read from the input stream. Otherwise, the Request will be checked. If neither of these properties are populated, the component will assume that it is hosted in an IIS application and will attempt to find the current HTTP context.

The content of the stream will be read from the current position all the way to the end and no bytes will be skipped.

VerifyReceipt Method (AS4Server Component)

Verifies a received receipt.

Syntax

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public void VerifyReceipt();

Async Version
public async Task VerifyReceipt();
public async Task VerifyReceipt(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Public Sub VerifyReceipt()

Async Version
Public Sub VerifyReceipt() As Task
Public Sub VerifyReceipt(cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task

Remarks

This method is used to verify asynchronous receipts held in IncomingReceipt.

Processing Receipts

Error Event (AS4Server Component)

Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

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public event OnErrorHandler OnError;

public delegate void OnErrorHandler(object sender, AS4ServerErrorEventArgs e);

public class AS4ServerErrorEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int ErrorCode { get; }
  public string Description { get; }
}

Public Event OnError As OnErrorHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnErrorHandler(sender As Object, e As AS4ServerErrorEventArgs)

Public Class AS4ServerErrorEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property ErrorCode As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property Description As String
End Class

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the component throws an exception.

The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

Log Event (AS4Server Component)

Fired with log information while processing a message.

Syntax

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public event OnLogHandler OnLog;

public delegate void OnLogHandler(object sender, AS4ServerLogEventArgs e);

public class AS4ServerLogEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string LogType { get; }
  public string LogMessage { get; }
}

Public Event OnLog As OnLogHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnLogHandler(sender As Object, e As AS4ServerLogEventArgs)

Public Class AS4ServerLogEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property LogType As String
  Public ReadOnly Property LogMessage As String
End Class

Remarks

This event fires once for each log message generated by the component. The verbosity is controlled by the LogLevel setting.

Log messages available through this event correspond to log files written to LogDirectory. This event provides a way to obtain log messages without relying on files on disk. This event fires regardless of the value of LogDirectory (i.e. when LogDirectory is empty the event will still fire).

The LogMessage event parameter holds the raw log data.

The LogType event parameter indicates the type of log. Possible values are:


"INFO"	Information about the status of the process.
"ERROR"	An error was encountered.
"DEBUG"	Debug information.

RecipientInfo Event (AS4Server Component)

Fired for each recipient certificate of the encrypted message.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public event OnRecipientInfoHandler OnRecipientInfo;

public delegate void OnRecipientInfoHandler(object sender, AS4ServerRecipientInfoEventArgs e);

public class AS4ServerRecipientInfoEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string Issuer { get; }
  public string SerialNumber { get; }
  public string SubjectKeyIdentifier { get; }
  public string EncryptionAlgorithm { get; }
}

Public Event OnRecipientInfo As OnRecipientInfoHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnRecipientInfoHandler(sender As Object, e As AS4ServerRecipientInfoEventArgs)

Public Class AS4ServerRecipientInfoEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Issuer As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SerialNumber As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectKeyIdentifier As String
  Public ReadOnly Property EncryptionAlgorithm As String
End Class

Remarks

When ParseRequest is called and the file is encrypted, this event will fire for each recipient certificate for which the file was encrypted.

Issuer is the subject of the issuer certificate.

SerialNumber is the serial number of the encryption certificate.

SubjectKeyIdentifier is the X.509 subjectKeyIdentifier extension value of the certificate used to sign the message encoded as a hex string.

EncryptionAlgorithm is the encryption algorithm used to encrypt the message. Possible values are as follows:

"3DES"
"DES"
"RC2CBC40"
"RC2CBC64"
"RC2CBC128" or "RC2"
"AESCBC128" or "AES"
"AESCBC192"
"AESCBC256"
"AESGCM128" or "AESGCM"
"AESGCM192"
"AESGCM256"

SignerCertInfo Event (AS4Server Component)

This event is fired during verification of the signed message.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public event OnSignerCertInfoHandler OnSignerCertInfo;

public delegate void OnSignerCertInfoHandler(object sender, AS4ServerSignerCertInfoEventArgs e);

public class AS4ServerSignerCertInfoEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string Issuer { get; }
  public string SerialNumber { get; }
  public string SubjectKeyIdentifier { get; }
  public string CertEncoded { get; }
  public byte[] CertEncodedB { get; }
}

Public Event OnSignerCertInfo As OnSignerCertInfoHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnSignerCertInfoHandler(sender As Object, e As AS4ServerSignerCertInfoEventArgs)

Public Class AS4ServerSignerCertInfoEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Issuer As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SerialNumber As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectKeyIdentifier As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CertEncoded As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CertEncodedB As Byte()
End Class

Remarks

During verification, this event will be raised while parsing the signer's certificate information. The parameters that are populated depend on the options used when the message was originally signed. This information may be used to select the correct certificate for SignerCert to verify the signature. The following parameters may be populated:

Issuer specifies the subject of the issuer of the certificate used to sign the message.

SerialNumber is the serial number of the certificate used to sign the message.

SubjectKeyIdentifier is the X.509 subjectKeyIdentifier extension value of the certificate used to sign the message encoded as a hex string.

CertEncoded is the PEM (Base64 encoded) public certificate needed to verify the signature.

Note: When this value is present, the component will automatically use this value to perform signature verification.

The SignerCert property may be set from within this event. In this manner, the decision of which signer certificate to load may be delayed until the parameters of this event are inspected and the correct certificate can be located and loaded.

TokenAuthentication Event (AS4Server Component)

Fired when the client makes use of UsernameToken authentication.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public event OnTokenAuthenticationHandler OnTokenAuthentication;

public delegate void OnTokenAuthenticationHandler(object sender, AS4ServerTokenAuthenticationEventArgs e);

public class AS4ServerTokenAuthenticationEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string User { get; }
  public string Password { get; set; }
  public string PasswordType { get; }
  public bool Accept { get; set; }
}

Public Event OnTokenAuthentication As OnTokenAuthenticationHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTokenAuthenticationHandler(sender As Object, e As AS4ServerTokenAuthenticationEventArgs)

Public Class AS4ServerTokenAuthenticationEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property User As String
  Public Property Password As String
  Public ReadOnly Property PasswordType As String
  Public Property Accept As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

This event fires when a client sends a request that includes UsernameToken authentication. This is typically only used by clients initiating a pull request.

User identifies the user.

Password should be set from within the event if PasswordType is 0 (digest). This parameter can be read when PasswordType is 1 (text).

PasswordType specifies the type of password. Possible values are:

0 (Digest)
1 (Text)

Accept may be set to manually accept the request.

When PasswordType is 0 (Digest) set the Password parameter to the plaintext password. Do not set Accept The component will hash the provided password value and compare it to the value in the request. If it matched the component will accept the request. If it does not match the component will populate Errors with an error indicating authentication has failed.

When PasswordType is 1 (Text) the Password parameter will hold the exact value received in the request. Inspect Password and determine whether to accept the request. To accept the request set Accept to True.

After this event fires if authentication failed Errors will contain an appropriate error. Send the errors back to the client by calling SendResponse.

Certificate Type

This is the digital certificate being used.

Remarks

This type describes the current digital certificate. The certificate may be a public or private key. The fields are used to identify or select certificates.

The following fields are available:

Fields

EffectiveDate
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The date on which this certificate becomes valid. Before this date, it is not valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:

23-Jan-2000 15:00:00.

ExpirationDate
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The date on which the certificate expires. After this date, the certificate will no longer be valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:

23-Jan-2001 15:00:00.

ExtendedKeyUsage
string (read-only)
Default: ""

A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. These are the same as ASN.1 object identifiers (OIDs).

Fingerprint
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.

The following example illustrates the format: bc:2a:72:af:fe:58:17:43:7a:5f:ba:5a:7c:90:f7:02

FingerprintSHA1
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.

The following example illustrates the format: 30:7b:fa:38:65:83:ff:da:b4:4e:07:3f:17:b8:a4:ed:80:be:ff:84

FingerprintSHA256
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.

The following example illustrates the format: 6a:80:5c:33:a9:43:ea:b0:96:12:8a:64:96:30:ef:4a:8a:96:86:ce:f4:c7:be:10:24:8e:2b:60:9e:f3:59:53

Issuer
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The issuer of the certificate. This field contains a string representation of the name of the issuing authority for the certificate.

PrivateKey
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The private key of the certificate (if available). The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.

Note: The PrivateKey may be available but not exportable. In this case, PrivateKey returns an empty string.

PrivateKeyAvailable
bool (read-only)
Default: False

Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. If PrivateKeyAvailable is True, the certificate may be used for authentication purposes (e.g., server authentication).

PrivateKeyContainer
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). This functionality is available only on Windows platforms.

PublicKey
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The public key of the certificate. The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.

PublicKeyAlgorithm
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_DH") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.

PublicKeyLength
int (read-only)
Default: 0

The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). Common values are 512, 1024, and 2048.

SerialNumber
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. The number is encoded as a series of hexadecimal digits, with each pair representing a byte of the serial number.

SignatureAlgorithm
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_MD5RSA") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.

Store
string
Default: "MY"

The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The StoreType field denotes the type of the certificate store specified by Store. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in StorePassword.

Store is used in conjunction with the Subject field to specify client certificates. If Store has a value, and Subject or Encoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the Subject field for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:


MY	A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CA	Certifying authority certificates.
ROOT	Root certificates.

When the certificate store type is cstPFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is cstPFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).

StoreB
byte []
Default: "MY"

The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The StoreType field denotes the type of the certificate store specified by Store. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in StorePassword.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:


MY	A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CA	Certifying authority certificates.
ROOT	Root certificates.

StorePassword
string
Default: ""

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this field is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

StoreType
CertStoreTypes
Default: 0

The type of certificate store for this certificate.

The component supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the component will automatically determine the type. This field can take one of the following values:


0 (cstUser - default)	For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. Note: This store type is not available in Java.
1 (cstMachine)	For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store. Note: This store type is not available in Java.
2 (cstPFXFile)	The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)	The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates. Note: This store type is only available in Java.
5 (cstJKSBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format. Note: This store type is only available in Java.
6 (cstPEMKeyFile)	The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)	The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)	The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)	The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)	The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)	The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)	The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)	The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)	The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)	The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store). Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.
22 (cstBCFKSBlob)	The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format. Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.
23 (cstPKCS11)	The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface. To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr component. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to `cstPKCS11`, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's `CertEncoded` parameter may be saved for later use. When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the Store and set StorePassword to the PIN. Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: `certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);`
99 (cstAuto)	The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

SubjectAltNames
string (read-only)
Default: ""

Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.

ThumbprintMD5
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The MD5 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.

ThumbprintSHA1
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.

ThumbprintSHA256
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.

Usage
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The text description of UsageFlags.

This value will be one or more of the following strings and will be separated by commas:

Digital Signature
Non-Repudiation
Key Encipherment
Data Encipherment
Key Agreement
Certificate Signing
CRL Signing
Encipher Only

If the provider is OpenSSL, the value is a comma-separated list of X.509 certificate extension names.

UsageFlags
int (read-only)
Default: 0

The flags that show intended use for the certificate. The value of UsageFlags is a combination of the following flags:


0x80	Digital Signature
0x40	Non-Repudiation
0x20	Key Encipherment
0x10	Data Encipherment
0x08	Key Agreement
0x04	Certificate Signing
0x02	CRL Signing
0x01	Encipher Only

Please see the Usage field for a text representation of UsageFlags.

This functionality currently is not available when the provider is OpenSSL.

Version
string (read-only)
Default: ""

The certificate's version number. The possible values are the strings "V1", "V2", and "V3".

Subject
string
Default: ""

The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

This field will be populated with the full subject of the loaded certificate. When loading a certificate, the subject is used to locate the certificate in the store.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:


Field	Meaning
CN	Common Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com.
O	Organization
OU	Organizational Unit
L	Locality
S	State
C	Country
E	Email Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

Encoded
string
Default: ""

The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This field is used to assign a specific certificate. The Store and Subject fields also may be used to specify a certificate.

When Encoded is set, a search is initiated in the current Store for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, Subject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, Subject is set to an empty string.

EncodedB
byte []
Default: ""

The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This field is used to assign a specific certificate. The Store and Subject fields also may be used to specify a certificate.

Constructors

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public Certificate();

Public Certificate()

Creates a instance whose properties can be set. This is useful for use with when generating new certificates.

C#
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public Certificate(string certificateFile);

Public Certificate(ByVal CertificateFile As String)

Opens CertificateFile and reads out the contents as an X.509 public key.

C#
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public Certificate(byte[] encoded);

Public Certificate(ByVal Encoded As Byte())

Parses Encoded as an X.509 public key.

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public Certificate(CertStoreTypes storeType, string store, string storePassword, string subject);

Public Certificate(ByVal StoreType As CertStoreTypes, ByVal Store As String, ByVal StorePassword As String, ByVal Subject As String)

StoreType identifies the type of certificate store to use. See for descriptions of the different certificate stores. Store is a file containing the certificate store. StorePassword is the password used to protect the store.

After the store has been successfully opened, the component will attempt to find the certificate identified by Subject . This can be either a complete or a substring match of the X.509 certificate's subject Distinguished Name (DN). The Subject parameter can also take an MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 thumbprint of the certificate to load in a "Thumbprint=value" format.

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public Certificate(CertStoreTypes storeType, string store, string storePassword, string subject, string configurationString);

Public Certificate(ByVal StoreType As CertStoreTypes, ByVal Store As String, ByVal StorePassword As String, ByVal Subject As String, ByVal ConfigurationString As String)

ConfigurationString is a newline-separated list of name-value pairs that may be used to modify the default behavior. Possible values include "PersistPFXKey", which shows whether or not the PFX key is persisted after performing operations with the private key. This correlates to the PKCS12_NO_PERSIST_KEY CryptoAPI option. The default value is True (the key is persisted). "Thumbprint" - an MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 thumbprint of the certificate to load. When specified, this value is used to select the certificate in the store. This is applicable to the cstUser , cstMachine , cstPublicKeyFile , and cstPFXFile store types. "UseInternalSecurityAPI" shows whether the platform (default) or the internal security API is used when performing certificate-related operations.

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public Certificate(CertStoreTypes storeType, string store, string storePassword, byte[] encoded);

Public Certificate(ByVal StoreType As CertStoreTypes, ByVal Store As String, ByVal StorePassword As String, ByVal Encoded As Byte())

After the store has been successfully opened, the component will load Encoded as an X.509 certificate and search the opened store for a corresponding private key.

C#
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public Certificate(CertStoreTypes storeType, byte[] store, string storePassword, string subject);

Public Certificate(ByVal StoreType As CertStoreTypes, ByVal Store As Byte(), ByVal StorePassword As String, ByVal Subject As String)

StoreType identifies the type of certificate store to use. See for descriptions of the different certificate stores. Store is a byte array containing the certificate data. StorePassword is the password used to protect the store.

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public Certificate(CertStoreTypes storeType, byte[] store, string storePassword, string subject, string configurationString);

Public Certificate(ByVal StoreType As CertStoreTypes, ByVal Store As Byte(), ByVal StorePassword As String, ByVal Subject As String, ByVal ConfigurationString As String)

C#
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public Certificate(CertStoreTypes storeType, byte[] store, string storePassword, byte[] encoded);

Public Certificate(ByVal StoreType As CertStoreTypes, ByVal Store As Byte(), ByVal StorePassword As String, ByVal Encoded As Byte())

After the store has been successfully opened, the component will load Encoded as an X.509 certificate and search the opened store for a corresponding private key.

EBData Type

The EDI payload of the AS4 message.

Remarks

The EDI payload of the AS4 message.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Data
string
Default: ""

This field contains the EDI payload of the transmission.

When sending files this may be specified to the data to be sent. This can be used as an alternative to setting FileName.

When receiving files this will only be populated if IncomingDirectory and OutputStream have not been specified and ParseRequest finishes without an error. If so, Data will contain the full decrypted text of the EDI message.

DataB
byte []
Default: ""

This field contains the EDI payload of the transmission.

When sending files this may be specified to the data to be sent. This can be used as an alternative to setting FileName.

EDIType
string
Default: ""

The Content-Type of the EDI message. Sample values are "application/edi-x12", "application/edifact" or "application/xml".

FileName
string
Default: ""

When sending, if FileName is specified, the file specified will be used for the EDI payload of the transmission. Name will be populated with the name of the file.

When receiving, if IncomingDirectory is set, this will be populated with the name of the file which contains the processed message contents.

Note: When OutputStream is set, the data will be written to the stream and this field will not be populated.

InputStream
System.IO.Stream
Default: ""

When sending, if InputStream is specified, the data from the specified stream will be used for the EDI payload of the transmission.

Name
string
Default: "rfc1767.edi"

Name is the final name to be associated with the contents of either the Data or FileName fields. This corresponds to the filename attribute of the Content-Disposition header for the EDI payload.

When constructing EDI data to be sent, Name will be set to the same value as FileName, but can be overridden after setting FileName to indicate that another name should be used in the outbound request's Content-Disposition MIME header.

When receiving EDI data, Name will be read out of the "filename" attribute of the inbound request's Content-Disposition MIME header.

OutputStream
System.IO.Stream
Default: ""

When using AS4Server to receive files, if this field is set, the EDI payload will be written to this stream if ParseRequest finishes without an error. If so, the specified stream will contain the full decrypted text of the EDI message.

This setting is not applicable to AS4Client.

PropertyCount
int
Default: 0

The number of properties for this file.

Each file may contain zero or more properties associated with it. This property, in conjunction with PropertyIndex, PropertyName, and PropertyValue can be used to specify properties when sending and read properties when receiving.

Sending

When sending files to add properties set PropertyCount to specify the number of properties. Then set PropertyIndex to select the property. Set PropertyName and PropertyValue to define the values for the property at PropertyIndex. For instance: data = new EBData(); data.EDIType = "image/jpeg"; data.FileName = "..\\1.jpg"; data.Name = "1.jpg"; data.PropertyCount = 2; //Define two properties data.PropertyIndex = 0; //Select the first property data.PropertyName = "name1"; data.PropertyValue = "value1"; data.PropertyIndex = 1; //Select the second property data.PropertyName = "name2"; data.PropertyValue = "value2";

Receiving

When receiving files these properties may be queried to retrieve the values set by the sender. Inspect PropertyCount to obtain the number of properties. Next set PropertyIndex to select a property and query PropertyName and PropertyValue. For instance:

for (int i = 0; i < server.EDIData[0].PropertyCount;i++) { server.EDIData[0].PropertyIndex = i; Console.WriteLine(server.EDIData[0].PropertyName + ": " + server.EDIData[0].PropertyValue); }

PropertyIndex
int
Default: 0

Selects a property at the specified index.

PropertyName
string
Default: ""

The name of the property.

PropertyValue
string
Default: ""

The value of the property.

SchemaLocation
string
Default: ""

The SchemaLocation, SchemaNamespace, and SchemaVersion optionally define the schema that applies to this particular file. This may be used by the receiving party to properly interpret the file data.

Schema information is not required, but if schema information is included SchemaLocation is required and must be set to the URI of the schema.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:PayloadInfo/eb:PartInfo/eb:Schema@location"

SchemaNamespace
string
Default: ""

The namespace of the schema. This field is optional. Refer to SchemaLocation for details.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:PayloadInfo/eb:PartInfo/eb:Schema@namespace"

SchemaVersion
string
Default: ""

The version of the schema. This field is optional. Refer to SchemaLocation for details.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:PayloadInfo/eb:PartInfo/eb:Schema@namespace"

Constructors

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public EBData();

Public EBData()

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public EBData(byte[] data, string EDIType);

Public EBData(ByVal Data As Byte(), ByVal EDIType As String)

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public EBData(string fileName, string EDIType);

Public EBData(ByVal FileName As String, ByVal EDIType As String)

EBError Type

This type defines details of the error.

Remarks

The fields below provide various information about the error.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Category
string
Default: ""

The category of error. Typical values include "Content", "Packaging", "UnPackaging", "Communication", and "InternalProcess". This value is optional.

Code
string
Default: ""

The error code. This value is required. The standard format is "EBMS:0001", where "0001" is the numeric code portion.

Description
string
Default: ""

The description of the error. This value is optional.

Detail
string
Default: ""

Additional details about the error. This may include other helpful information such as a stack trace. This value is optional.

Origin
string
Default: ""

The module within which the error occurred. Typical values include "ebMS", "reliability", and "security". This value is optional.

RefMessageId
string
Default: ""

The MessageId to which the error applies. This is optional but should be supplied if possible.

Severity
EBSeverityTypes
Default: 0

The severity of the error. Possible values are:

0 (ebstWarning - default)
1 (ebstFailure)

This value is required.

ShortDescription
string
Default: ""

A short description of the error. This may be helpful for logging or readability. This value is optional.

Constructors

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public EBError();

Public EBError()

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public EBError(string code, int severity);

Public EBError(ByVal Code As String, ByVal Severity As Integer)

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public EBError(string code, int severity, string detail, string shortDescription);

Public EBError(ByVal Code As String, ByVal Severity As Integer, ByVal Detail As String, ByVal ShortDescription As String)

EBPartyInfo Type

This type defines information about the party.

Remarks

The fields define information about the respective party. This is used to define both sending and receiving party information.

The following fields are available:

IdType

Role

Fields

Id
string
Default: ""

The Id of the party. This value is required.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:PartyInfo/eb:From/eb:PartyId"

IdType
string
Default: ""

The optional type of the Id. If specified this value should be the domain to which the Id belongs.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:PartyInfo/eb:From/eb:PartyId@type"

Role
string
Default: ""

This field specifies the role of the party. This may be any value agreed upon by the trading partners.

In AS4From this specified the role of the party sending the document. The default value is "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ebxml-msg/ebms/v3.0/ns/core/200704/initiator".

In AS4To this specifies the role of the party receiving the document. The default value is "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ebxml-msg/ebms/v3.0/ns/core/200704/responder".

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:PartyInfo/eb:From/eb:Role"

Constructors

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public EBPartyInfo();

Public EBPartyInfo()

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public EBPartyInfo(string id, string role);

Public EBPartyInfo(ByVal Id As String, ByVal Role As String)

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public EBPartyInfo(string id, string role, string idType);

Public EBPartyInfo(ByVal Id As String, ByVal Role As String, ByVal IdType As String)

EBProperty Type

A property of the message.

Remarks

This type holds details about the property of the message.

The following fields are available:

Name

PropertyType

Value

Fields

Name
string
Default: ""

This field defines the name of the message property. This is required.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:MessageProperties/eb:Property/@Name"

PropertyType
string
Default: ""

The optional type of the message property.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:MessageProperties/eb:Property/@Type"

Value
string
Default: ""

The value of the message property.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:MessageProperties/eb:Property/"

Constructors

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public EBProperty();

Public EBProperty()

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public EBProperty(string name, string value);

Public EBProperty(ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String)

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public EBProperty(string name, string value, string propertyType);

Public EBProperty(ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String, ByVal PropertyType As String)

EBReceipt Type

The receipt.

Remarks

This type contains fields that comprise the receipt.

The following fields are available:

Content

RefToMessageId

Fields

Content
string
Default: ""

The content of the receipt. This is the raw XML of the receipt.

The component will automatically create the receipt, and verify the receipt, depending on the method called. In most cases this is simply informational and may be stored for logging purposes if desired.

RefToMessageId
string
Default: ""

The Message Id to which this receipt applies. This is the original Message Id from the initial transmission of the file. This allows the receipt to be correlated with the original transmission.

Constructors

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public EBReceipt();

Public EBReceipt()

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public EBReceipt(string refToMessageId, string content);

Public EBReceipt(ByVal RefToMessageId As String, ByVal Content As String)

Header Type

This is an HTTP header as it is received from the server.

Remarks

When a header is received through a Header event, it is parsed into a Header type. This type contains a Field, and its corresponding Value.

The following fields are available:

Field

Value

Fields

Field
string
Default: ""

This field contains the name of the HTTP Header (this is the same case as it is delivered).

Value
string
Default: ""

This field contains the Header contents.

Constructors

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public Header();

Public Header()

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public Header(string field, string value);

Public Header(ByVal Field As String, ByVal Value As String)

Config Settings (AS4Server Component)

The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

AS4Server Config Settings

AgreementRefPMode: AgreementRef PMode of message.

This optional setting allows for the association of a message with a particular P-Mode. If specified it should be the PMode.ID parameter.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:AgreementRef/@pmode"

AgreementRefType: The type of AgreementRef.

This optional setting indicates how parties should interpret the value of AgreementRef. The semantics of this value should be decided upon between the parties.

This value corresponds to the ebMS element "eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessage/eb:CollaborationInfo/eb:AgreementRef/@type"

AllowWarnings: Whether warnings are interpreted as fatal errors.

When set to False (default) any ebMS level error returned by the other party will be considered an error and cause an exception. When set to True the severity of the ebMS error will be inspected. If the severity is "warning" it will not cause an exception. In this case Errors will still be populated with the error details.

AttachXMLFiles: Whether to send XML files as attachments or within the SOAP body.

This setting specifies whether XML files are included as attachments or within the SOAP body.

This setting is only applicable when the first file specified in EDIData is of type "text/xml" or "application/xml". In addition this is only applicable when Profile is set to Standard.

If set to True (default), the file will be sent as an attachment. This allows the filename to be preserved and the file is sent as a separate MIME part. If set to False and the criteria above are met then the file will be sent within the SOAP body. In this case the filename cannot be preserved normally.

The default value is True.

CloseStreamAfterProcessing: Whether to close the input or output stream after processing.

This setting specifies whether the input or output stream will be closed after processing. This may be set to False to leave the stream open for further operations. The default value is True and the stream will be by the component.

CompressXMLPayloads: Whether to compress XML data.

When CompressionFormat is set to GZIP all EDIData parts will be compressed. To exclude XML payloads with EDIType values of "text/xml" or "application/xml" from being compressed set this value to False. By default this is True and all attachments will be compressed.

Note: When Profile is set to Standard the first EDIData part will be included in the SOAP body if the EDIType is "text/xml" or "application/xml". In that case since the data is included in the SOAP body it will not be compressed. When Profile is set to ENTSOG all EDIData parts are compressed.

ContentTransferEncoding: The content encoding of the payload data.

This setting can be used to specify the content encoding of the payload data of the AS4 message. This is set to binary (4) by default. Possible values for the this field are:


Base64 (2)	Base64 encoding of binary data.
Binary (4)	Binary data without any encoding.

DetectDuplicates: Whether to detect duplicate messages when receiving.

Whether to detect duplicate messages. If set to True LogDirectory must be set. When a file is received the component will store a file containing the MessageId of the received file. When additional files are received the component will scan the LogDirectory to see if a file with the same MessageId has already been received. If a duplicate is detected an entry is added to the .log file and Log fires.

The default value depends on the Profile. For the Standard profile the default value is False. When Profile is set to ENTSOG this value is set to True.

EBPrefix: Specifies the prefix to use for messaging.

This setting specified the prefix to use for messaging. The default value is "eb3" and will result in values such as: eb3:Messaging It may be desirable to set this to another value such as "eb" so client and server sides both use the same prefix.

EDIDataPartId[i]: Specified the part Id at the given index.

This setting may be used to specify the value for each EDIData part that is present in the message. By default the component will generate a unique value. For instance:

<eb3:PartInfo href="cid:_de48eece-d1d8-4823-8a63-d3a8d14dc1a8@nsoftware">

In some cases it may be desired or necessary to specify a user-defined value. For instance:

<eb3:PartInfo href="cid:mypart@myhost">

After adding the part to EDIData the Id may be specified by setting:

AS4Component.Config("EDIDataPartId[0]=mypart@myhost");

This setting is also populated with the parsed Ids after receiving a message.

EnableTokenReferenceTokenType: Whether to include the TokenType attribute in a SecurityTokenReference element.

When this configuration setting is enabled, messages will include the TokenType attribute in any SecurityTokenReference elements. It will also add a namespace declaration for Web Services Security Version 1.1 (http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd). Note: This setting is not compatible with the X509 security token format.

EncryptionSecurityTokenFormat: The format to use for the security token when encryption.

This setting specifies the security token format that is included in the message when encrypting. This setting should only be set if there is a specific reason to do so. This specifies the reference type in the SecurityTokenReference element applicable to the encrypted data. Possible values are:


0 (X509 - default)	X509 data including the certificate's issuer name and issuer serial number is included in the X509Data element.
1 (Binary)	A binary security token holds the base64 encoded contents of the public certificate and is referenced from within the Reference element.
2 (Subject Key Identifier)	The X509 subject key identifier is included in the KeyIdentifier element.
3 (X509PKIPathv1)	A binary security token holds the base64 encoded ordered list of X509 public certificates and is referenced from within the Reference element.

The default value is 0 (X509) and should not be changed unless there is a specific reason to do so.

Note: The default value when Profile is set to eDelivery is 1 (Binary).

FilenameProperty: Defines a part property to hold the filename.

This setting specifies the PropertyName that will hold the name of the file. This may be used to preserve filenames. Both the client and server must agree on the name of the property that will be used to hold the filename.

This is helpful in the case where Profile is set to ebpfStandard and the first file being sent is of type "text/xml" or "application/xml". In that case the file content is included in the SOAP body and there is no standard mechanism for preserving the filename.

When set the component will automatically populate the property when sending files and will read the filename from this property when receiving files.

By default this is not specified.

Note: The filenames will always be preserved within the MIME header attributes whenever possible regardless of whether this setting is specified.

ForceSigningCert: Whether to force only the SigningCert to be used for signing.

When set to False the component will first check SigningCert for a certificate to use for signing operations. If SigningCert is not specified it will use the certificate specified in Certificate.

If set to True (default) the component will only attempt to use the certificate specified by SigningCert. If SigningCert is not specified signing will not be attempted.

FromId[i]: The Id of the party specified by AS4From.

This setting sets the Id of the party specified by AS4From at the index specified here. This is only used when multiple Ids are set. See FromIdCount for more details.

FromIdCount: The number of Ids for the party specified by AS4From.

Multiple Ids may be specified for the AS4From party. This setting defines the total number of Ids. This is used in conjunction with FromId and FromIdType. For instance: component.Config("FromIdCount=2"); component.Config("FromId[0]=id1"); component.Config("FromIdType[0]=mytype"); component.Config("FromId[1]=id2");

When receiving a message with multiple Ids, query these settings to read the values.

By default this value is unspecified and only a single Id is used as specified in the Id field of AS4From.

FromIdType[i]: The Id type of the party specified by AS4From.

This setting sets the Id type of the party specified by AS4From at the index specified here. This is only used when multiple Ids are set. See FromIdCount for more details.

IdRight: A custom Id for the right side of the MessageId.

This setting may be used to specify a custom value for the right side of the MessageId that is generated by the component. By default the component will automatically generate message Ids in the format: 2a1546bd-d623-4e7f-bb8d-ddecfb4de51c@nsoftware This setting provides a way to replace the "nsoftware" value after the "@" symbol with another value.

KeyAgreementMethod: The agreement method used for KeyWrap encryption algorithms.

This setting specifies the agreement method used for KeyWrap encryption algorithms (KW-AES). The default is ECDH-ES, and other methods are not currently supported. Possible values are:


Value	Algorithm	Notes
DH	http://www.w3.org/2009/xmlenc11#dh	Not currently implemented.
DH-ES	http://www.w3.org/2009/xmlenc11#dh-es	Not currently implemented.
ECDH-ES	http://www.w3.org/2009/xmlenc11#ECDH-ES	Default when Profile is ebpfBDEW.
X25519	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#x25519	Default when Profile is ebpfENTSOG_V4 or ebpgEDelivery_V24.
X448	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#x448

KeyDerivationConcatKDFDigestMethod: The digest method used for the ConcatKDF key derivation method.

This is the digest method used when the ConcatKDF key derivation method is selected. In most cases this should not be changed. Only change this value if there is a specific reason to do so. Possible values are:

SHA512
SHA384
SHA256 (Default)
SHA224
SHA1

KeyDerivationMethod: The key derivation method used for KeyWrap encryption algorithms.

This setting specifies the derivation method used for KeyWrap encryption algorithms (KW-AES). Possible values are:


Value	Algorithm
ConcatKDF (Default)	http://www.w3.org/2009/xmlenc11#ConcatKDF
PBKDF2	http://www.w3.org/2009/xmlenc11#pbkdf2
HKDF	http://www.w3.org/2021/04/xmldsig-more#hkdf

KeyEncryptionAlgorithm: The algorithm used to encrypt the key.

This setting specifies the algorithm used to encrypt the key for this message. In most cases this should not be changed. Only change this value if there is a specific reason to do so. Possible values are:


Value	Algorithm	Notes
`RSA-OAEP-XMLENC11`	http://www.w3.org/2009/xmlenc11#rsa-oaep	This is used in the default configuration. Additionally if `RSA-OAEP` is specified this will be automatically used instead if OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm is set to any value except `SHA1` or OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm is set to `SHA384` or `SHA512`.
`RSA-v1.5`	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-1_5	There are no conditions for the use of this algorithm. If specified it will be used regardless of other settings.
`RSA-OAEP`	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-oaep-mgf1p	This is used by default when OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm is set to `SHA1` and OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm is set to `SHA1` or `SHA256`. This is only applicable under these conditions, it cannot override when `RSA-OAEP-XMLENC11` is used based on the OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm and OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm values.
`KW-AES128`	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes128	This is used by default if Profile is set to ebpfBDEW.
`KW-AES192`	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes192
`KW-AES256`	http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes256

LogLevel: The level of information to log.

This setting specifies the level of detail that is logged to the Log event and to any log files on disk. Possible value are:


0 (Error)	Only errors are logged.
1 (Info - default)	Informational and errors are logged.
2 (Debug)	All information is logged including debug info.

LogOptions: The information to be written to log files.

When LogDirectory is set, several pieces of information are written to log files in the specified directory. Set LogOptions to one or more of the following values to control what information is written to file. When specifying multiple values, include them in the same string (i.e. "LogOptions=Incoming, Outgoing, Log"). The default value is All. Possible values are:


Log	Contains information about the steps taken during processing. Also see LogLevel.
Incoming	Contains the raw request/response that is received by the component.
Outgoing	Contains the raw request/response that is sent by the component.
IncomingMessage	Contains the incoming ebXML message.
OutgoingMessage	Contains the outgoing ebXML message.
All (default)	All of the above

MessageType: Indicates the type of message received.

This property may be used to determine what type of message was received in a request. Requests may be used for multiple functions. For instance a request may contain a pull request and a receipt. This setting may be used as a bitmask to determine which combination of types are present. To inspect the message perform a binary 'AND' with one or more of the following values:


1	Pull Request (Receive Files)
2	User Message (Send Files)
4	Receipt
8	Error Message

For instance:

int requestType = Int32.Parse(AS4Server.Config("MessageType"));
if((requestType & 1) != 0)
  //The request contains a pull request

NormalizeIssuerSubject: Whether to normalize the certificate subject within the X509Data element.

If set to True (default) the component will normalize the X509IssuerName element within the request to conform to RFC 2253. If set to False the component will use a standard format used by other components within the toolkit, which may not be compatible with all other AS4 software.

The default value is True to maximize interoperability with other AS4 software.

OAEPMGF1HashAlgorithm: The MGF1 hash algorithm used when encrypting a key.

When encryption is enabled, this algorithm specifies the MGF1 hash algorithm used for the encryption key by RSA OAEP. Possible values are:

"SHA1"
"SHA224"
"SHA256" (default)
"SHA384"
"SHA512"

Note: If Profile is set to ENTSOG the MGF1HashAlgorithm will be set to "SHA256" by default.

OAEPParams: The hex encoded OAEP parameters to be used when encrypting a key.

This setting is optional and should only be specified if OAEP parameters need to be explicitly set. The value specified should be a hex string. By default this setting is unspecified.

OAEPRSAHashAlgorithm: The RSA hash algorithm used when encrypting a key.

When encryption is enabled, this algorithm specifies the RSA hash algorithm used for the encryption key. This may differ from the hash algorithm used to sign the AS4 message content. Possible values are:

"SHA1"
"SHA224"
"SHA256" (default)
"SHA384"
"SHA512"

ReferenceHashAlgorithm: The hash algorithm used to hash the data specified in the reference of a signature.

When signing the content being signed is referred to by a reference in the Signature element. This setting specifies the hash algorithm used when computing the reference digest. Possible values are:

"SHA1"
"SHA224"
"SHA256" (default)
"SHA384"
"SHA512"

RequireEncryption: Whether encryption is required when processing received messages.

This setting may be set to True to require that received messages are encrypted. When True if a message is received that is not encrypted the component will throw an exception. The default value is False.

RequireSignature: Whether a signature is required when processing received messages.

This setting may be set to True to require that received messages are signed. When True if a message is received that is not signed the component will throw an exception. The default value is False.

ResponseBody: The body for the AS4 response message.

When ResponseToString is set to true, the response body will be available via this setting after the SendResponse method is called. This config is read only.

ResponseFile: A file from which to read the response.

This setting specifies a file from which the response is read. This may be useful in cases where the response is not received directly by the component. For instance it may be useful in debugging. If ResponseHeaders is not specified they will be read from file.

ResponseHeaders: The headers for the AS4 response message.

When ResponseToString is set to true, the response headers will be available via this setting after the SendResponse method is called.

This setting may also be used in conjunction with ResponseFile to provide the request to the component. See ResponseFile for details.

ResponseToFile: Creates the AS4 response message on disk.

This setting allows for the AS4 response message to be created on disk without actually being sent. This is useful in certain situations to prepare the message where it is sent by a different transport mechanism at a later time. This should be set to a relative or absolute file path including the filename. When this is set, the SendResponse method will generate the response message and write it to the specified file.

ResponseToString: Creates the AS4 response message in memory.

This setting allows for the AS4 response message to be created in memory without actually being sent. This is useful in certain situations to prepare the message where it is sent by a different transport mechanism at a later time. This is false by default, but when set to true the SendResponse method will create the response headers and body in memory where they can be accessed via the ResponseHeaders and ResponseBody, respectively. Note that when this is used, the message encoding will be set to Base64 automatically.

RolloverCertStore: The certificate store for the rollover certificate.

The RolloverCert* configuration settings may be used to specify an additional certificate to use for decryption during a period of transition between private certificates in the application. This setting specifies the certificate store.

When specified the component will be able to decrypt messages that were encrypted with the corresponding public certificate of either Certificate or the RolloverCert* configuration settings.

RolloverCertStorePassword: The certificate store for the rollover certificate.

When specified the component will be able to decrypt messages that were encrypted with the corresponding public certificate of either Certificate or the RolloverCert* configuration settings.

RolloverCertStoreType: The certificate store for the rollover certificate.

When specified the component will be able to decrypt messages that were encrypted with the corresponding public certificate of either Certificate or the RolloverCert* configuration settings.

RolloverCertSubject: The certificate store for the rollover certificate.

When specified the component will be able to decrypt messages that were encrypted with the corresponding public certificate of either Certificate or the RolloverCert* configuration settings.

The certificate will be loaded after this setting is set, so it should be set after the other RolloverCert* settings.

SignatureHash: The hash algorithm used to hash the data specified in signature.

This setting is used to specify the signature hash algorithm. This is only applicable when Profile is set to ENTSOG v4 or eDelivery V2. Possible values are:

"SHA256" (default)

SignerCACert: The CA certificates that issued the signer certificate.

This setting may be set prior to signature verification when receiving messages that are signed using a certificate specified in the message itself as a BinarySecurityToken.

If this setting is specified, the component will verify the chain of the signer certificate against the CA list set in this setting. To specify one or more CA certificate prior to signature verification set this to the base64 encoded public certificate of each CA certificate. Each additional certificate can be added by prepending the data with a + character. If the value begins with a + the component will add the following value to an internal store of CA certificates. For instance: //Add the first CA certificate as4.Config("SignerCACert=MIICFDCCAX2g..."); //Add another CA certificate (Note the leading '+') as4.Config("SignerCACert=+MIICHDCCAYW...");

If the chain validation fails during signature verification the component throws an exception. If this setting is not specified no chain validation is performed.

SigningSecurityTokenFormat: The format to use for the security token when signing.

This setting specifies the security token format that is included in the message when signing. This setting should only be set if there is a specific reason to do so. This specifies the reference type in the SecurityTokenReference element applicable to the signed data. Possible values are:


0 (X509 - default)	X509 data including the certificate's issuer name and issuer serial number is included in the X509Data element.
1 (Binary)	A binary security token holds the base64 encoded contents of the public certificate and is referenced from within the Reference element.
2 (Subject Key Identifier)	The X509 subject key identifier is included in the KeyIdentifier element.
3 (X509PKIPathv1)	A binary security token holds the base64 encoded ordered list of X509 public certificates and is referenced from within the Reference element.

The default value is 0 (X509) and should not be changed unless there is a specific reason to do so.

Note: The default value when Profile is set to eDelivery is 1 (Binary).

TempPath: Where temporary files are optionally written.

When processing large files an excessive amount of memory may be used, leading to out-of-memory exceptions. To reduce the amount of memory used, partially encoded files can be written to a temporary directory. Set this to a folder on disk where temporary files may be written.

ToId[i]: The Id of the party specified by AS4To.

This setting sets the Id of the party specified by AS4To at the index specified here. This is only used when multiple Ids are set. See ToIdCount for more details.

ToIdCount: The number of Ids for the party specified by AS4To.

Multiple Ids may be specified for the AS4To party. This setting defines the total number of Ids. This is used in conjunction with ToId and ToIdType. For instance: component.Config("ToIdCount=2"); component.Config("ToId[0]=id1"); component.Config("ToIdType[0]=mytype"); component.Config("ToId[1]=id2");

When receiving a message with multiple Ids, query these settings to read the values.

By default this value is unspecified and only a single Id is used as specified in the Id field of AS4To.

ToIdType[i]: The Id type of the party specified by AS4To.

This setting sets the Id type of the party specified by AS4To at the index specified here. This is only used when multiple Ids are set. See ToIdCount for more details.

TransformReceipt: Whether to canonicalize the received receipt.

When a receipt is received this setting controls whether the value in Content is transformed.

When set to True (default) the component will perform canonicalize the receipt when it is received. This may be helpful if the value of Content is to be used in a later process where a valid XML document is required. When set to true (false by default), the component will transform the receipt content made available in the component using Exclusive XML Canonicalization.

If False the component will not alter the received receipt. The value of Content will not itself be a well formed XML document.

UseTransformedXMLAttachment: Whether to send the canonicalized XML.

By default, when an XML document is specified in the EDIData, it will be canonicalized (c14n) in order to calculate the hash value. When the XML attachment is transmitted, this canonicalized data is used by default (True). When set to False, the component will transmit the original data instead.

WriteLogFilesToEvent: Whether to log the contents of the LogFiles in the Log event.

When LogDirectory is set, several pieces of information are written to log files in the specified directory. When WriteLogFilesToEvent is True the log data will also be output in the Log event. The Message parameter will contain the hex-encoded string value of the log data and the LogType parameter will indicate the associated log's file extension (LOG, DAT.OUT, DAT.IN, IEB, or OEB).

HTTP Config Settings

AcceptEncoding: Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.

When AllowHTTPCompression is True, the component adds an Accept-Encoding header to the request being sent to the server. By default, this header's value is "gzip, deflate". This configuration setting allows you to change the value of the Accept-Encoding header. Note: The component only supports gzip and deflate decompression algorithms.

AllowHTTPCompression: This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.

This configuration setting enables HTTP compression for receiving data. When set to True (default), the component will accept compressed data. It then will uncompress the data it has received. The component will handle data compressed by both gzip and deflate compression algorithms.

When True, the component adds an Accept-Encoding header to the outgoing request. The value for this header can be controlled by the AcceptEncoding configuration setting. The default value for this header is "gzip, deflate".

The default value is True.

AllowHTTPFallback: Whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1.

This configuration setting controls whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fall back to HTTP/1.1 when the server does not support HTTP/2. This setting is applicable only when HTTPVersion is set to "2.0".

If set to True (default), the component will automatically use HTTP/1.1 if the server does not support HTTP/2. If set to False, the component throws an exception if the server does not support HTTP/2.

The default value is True.

AllowNTLMFallback: Whether to allow fallback from Negotiate to NTLM when authenticating.

This configuration setting applies only when AuthScheme is set to Negotiate. If set to True, the component will automatically use New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) if the server does not support Negotiate authentication. Note: The server must indicate that it supports NTLM authentication through the WWW-Authenticate header for the fallback from Negotiate to NTLM to take place. The default value is False.

Append: Whether to append data to LocalFile.

This configuration setting determines whether data will be appended when writing to LocalFile. When set to True, downloaded data will be appended to LocalFile. This may be used in conjunction with Range to resume a failed download. This is applicable only when LocalFile is set. The default value is False.

Authorization: The Authorization string to be sent to the server.

If the Authorization property contains a nonempty string, an Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys Authorization information to the server.

This property is provided so that the HTTP component can be extended with other security schemes in addition to the authorization schemes already implemented by the component.

The AuthScheme property defines the authentication scheme used. In the case of HTTP Basic Authentication (default), every time User and Password are set, they are Base64 encoded, and the result is put in the Authorization property in the form "Basic [encoded-user-password]".

BytesTransferred: Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.

This configuration setting returns the raw number of bytes from the HTTP response data, before the component processes the data, whether it is chunked or compressed. This returns the same value as the Transfer event, by BytesTransferred.

ChunkSize: Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.

This is applicable only when UseChunkedEncoding is True. This setting specifies the chunk size in bytes to be used when posting data. The default value is 16384.

CompressHTTPRequest: Set to true to compress the body of a PUT or POST request.

If set to True, the body of a PUT or POST request will be compressed into gzip format before sending the request. The "Content-Encoding" header is also added to the outgoing request.

The default value is False.

EncodeURL: If set to True the URL will be encoded by the component.

If set to True, the URL passed to the component will be URL encoded. The default value is False.

FollowRedirects: Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.

This option determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. Normally, the component returns an error if the server responds with an "Object Moved" message. If this property is set to 1 (always), the new URL for the object is retrieved automatically every time.

If this property is set to 2 (Same Scheme), the new URL is retrieved automatically only if the URL Scheme is the same; otherwise, the component throws an exception.

Note: Following the HTTP specification, unless this option is set to 1 (Always), automatic redirects will be performed only for GET or HEAD requests. Other methods potentially could change the conditions of the initial request and create security vulnerabilities.

Furthermore, if either the new URL server or port are different from the existing one, User and Password are also reset to empty, unless this property is set to 1 (Always), in which case the same credentials are used to connect to the new server.

A Redirect event is fired for every URL the product is redirected to. In the case of automatic redirections, the Redirect event is a good place to set properties related to the new connection (e.g., new authentication parameters).

The default value is 0 (Never). In this case, redirects are never followed, and the component throws an exception instead.

Following are the valid options:

0 - Never
1 - Always
2 - Same Scheme

GetOn302Redirect: If set to True the component will perform a GET on the new location.

The default value is False. If set to True, the component will perform a GET on the new location. Otherwise, it will use the same HTTP method again.

HTTP2HeadersWithoutIndexing: HTTP2 headers that should not update the dynamic header table with incremental indexing.

HTTP/2 servers maintain a dynamic table of headers and values seen over the course of a connection. Typically, these headers are inserted into the table through incremental indexing (also known as HPACK, defined in RFC 7541). To tell the component not to use incremental indexing for certain headers, and thus not update the dynamic table, set this configuration option to a comma-delimited list of the header names.

HTTPVersion: The version of HTTP used by the component.

This property specifies the HTTP version used by the component. Possible values are as follows:

"1.0"
"1.1" (default)
"2.0"
"3.0"

When using HTTP/2 ("2.0"), additional restrictions apply. Please see the following notes for details.

HTTP/2 Notes

When using HTTP/2, a secure Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL) connection is required. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/2 will result in an error.

If the server does not support HTTP/2, the component will automatically use HTTP/1.1 instead. This is done to provide compatibility without the need for any additional settings. To see which version was used, check NegotiatedHTTPVersion after calling a method. The AllowHTTPFallback setting controls whether this behavior is allowed (default) or disallowed.

HTTP/2 is supported on all versions of Windows. If the Windows version is an earlier version than Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012 R2, the internal security implementation will be used. If the Windows version is Window 8.1/Windows Server 2012 R2 or later, the system security libraries will be used by default.

HTTP/3 Notes

HTTP/3 is supported only in .NET and Java.

When using HTTP/3, a secure (TLS/SSL) connection is required. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/3 will result in an error.

IfModifiedSince: A date determining the maximum age of the desired document.

If this setting contains a nonempty string, an If-Modified-Since HTTP header is added to the request. The value of this header is used to make the HTTP request conditional: if the requested documented has not been modified since the time specified in the field, a copy of the document will not be returned from the server; instead, a 304 (not modified) response will be returned by the server and the component throws an exception

The format of the date value for IfModifiedSince is detailed in the HTTP specs. For example: Sat, 29 Oct 2017 19:43:31 GMT.

KeepAlive: Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.

If true, the component will not send the Connection: Close header. The absence of the Connection header indicates to the server that HTTP persistent connections should be used if supported. Note: Not all servers support persistent connections. If false, the connection will be closed immediately after the server response is received.

The default value for KeepAlive is false.

KerberosSPN: The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.

If the Service Principal Name on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, the Service Principal Name should be set here.

LogLevel: The level of detail that is logged.

This configuration setting controls the level of detail that is logged through the Log event. Possible values are as follows:


0 (None)	No events are logged.
1 (Info - default)	Informational events are logged.
2 (Verbose)	Detailed data are logged.
3 (Debug)	Debug data are logged.

The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.

The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.

The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).

MaxHeaders: Instructs component to save the amount of headers specified that are returned by the server after a Header event has been fired.

This configuration setting should be set when the TransferredHeaders collection is to be populated when a Header event has been fired. This value represents the number of headers that are to be saved in the collection.

To save all items to the collection, set this configuration setting to -1. If no items are wanted, set this to 0, which will not save any items to the collection. The default for this configuration setting is -1, so all items will be included in the collection.

MaxHTTPCookies: Instructs component to save the amount of cookies specified that are returned by the server when a SetCookie event is fired.

This configuration setting should be set when populating the Cookies collection as a result of an HTTP request. This value represents the number of cookies that are to be saved in the collection.

MaxRedirectAttempts: Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.

When FollowRedirects is set to any value other than frNever, the component will follow redirects until this maximum number of redirect attempts are made. The default value is 20.

NegotiatedHTTPVersion: The negotiated HTTP version.

This configuration setting may be queried after the request is complete to indicate the HTTP version used. When HTTPVersion is set to "2.0" (if the server does not support "2.0"), then the component will fall back to using "1.1" automatically. This setting will indicate which version was used.

OtherHeaders: Other headers as determined by the user (optional).

This configuration setting can be set to a string of headers to be appended to the HTTP request headers.

The headers must follow the format "header: value" as described in the HTTP specifications. Header lines should be separated by CRLF ("\r\n") .

Use this configuration setting with caution. If this configuration setting contains invalid headers, HTTP requests may fail.

This configuration setting is useful for extending the functionality of the component beyond what is provided.

ProxyAuthorization: The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.

This is similar to the Authorization configuration setting, but is used for proxy authorization. If this configuration setting contains a nonempty string, a Proxy-Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys proxy Authorization information to the server. If User and Password are specified, this value is calculated using the algorithm specified by AuthScheme.

ProxyAuthScheme: The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyPassword: A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyPort: Port for the proxy server (default 80).

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyServer: Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional).

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyUser: A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

SentHeaders: The full set of headers as sent by the client.

This configuration setting returns the complete set of raw headers as sent by the client.

StatusCode: The status code of the last response from the server.

This configuration setting contains the result code of the last response from the server.

StatusLine: The first line of the last response from the server.

This setting contains the first line of the last response from the server. The format of the line will be [HTTP version] [Result Code] [Description].

TransferredData: The contents of the last response from the server.

This configuration setting contains the contents of the last response from the server.

TransferredDataLimit: The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component.

If TransferredDataLimit is set to 0 (default), no limits are imposed. Otherwise, this reflects the maximum number of incoming bytes that can be stored by the component.

TransferredHeaders: The full set of headers as received from the server.

This configuration setting returns the complete set of raw headers as received from the server.

TransferredRequest: The full request as sent by the client.

This configuration setting returns the full request as sent by the client. For performance reasons, the request is not normally saved. Set this configuration setting to ON before making a request to enable it. Following are examples of this request:

.NET Http http = new Http(); http.Config("TransferredRequest=on"); http.PostData = "body"; http.Post("http://someserver.com"); Console.WriteLine(http.Config("TransferredRequest")); C++ HTTP http; http.Config("TransferredRequest=on"); http.SetPostData("body", 5); http.Post("http://someserver.com"); printf("%s\r\n", http.Config("TransferredRequest"));

UseChunkedEncoding: Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.

If UseChunkedEncoding is set to True, the component will use HTTP-chunked encoding when posting, if possible. HTTP-chunked encoding allows large files to be sent in chunks instead of all at once. If set to False, the component will not use HTTP-chunked encoding. The default value is False.

Note: Some servers (such as the ASP.NET Development Server) may not support chunked encoding.

UseIDNs: Whether to encode hostnames to internationalized domain names.

This configuration setting specifies whether hostnames containing non-ASCII characters are encoded to internationalized domain names. When set to True, if a hostname contains non-ASCII characters, it is encoded using Punycode to an IDN (internationalized domain name).

The default value is False and the hostname will always be used exactly as specified.

UsePlatformDeflate: Whether to use the platform implementation to decompress compressed responses.

This configuration setting specifies whether the platform's deflate-algorithm implementation is used to decompress responses that use compression. If set to True (default), the platform implementation is used. If set to False, an internal implementation is used.

UsePlatformHTTPClient: Whether or not to use the platform HTTP client.

When using this configuration setting, if True, the component will use the default HTTP client for the platform (URLConnection in Java, WebRequest in .NET, or CFHTTPMessage in Mac/iOS) instead of the internal HTTP implementation. This is important for environments in which direct access to sockets is limited or not allowed (e.g., in the Google AppEngine).

UseProxyAutoConfigURL: Whether to use a Proxy auto-config file when attempting a connection.

This configuration specifies whether the component will attempt to use the Proxy auto-config URL when establishing a connection and AutoDetect is set to True.

When True (default), the component will check for the existence of a Proxy auto-config URL, and if found, will determine the appropriate proxy to use.

UserAgent: Information about the user agent (browser).

This is the value supplied in the HTTP User-Agent header. The default setting is "IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com".

Override the default with the name and version of your software.

TCPClient Config Settings

CloseStreamAfterTransfer: If true, the component will close the upload or download stream after the transfer.

This configuration setting determines whether the input or output stream is closed after the transfer completes. When set to True (default), all streams will be closed after a transfer is completed. To keep streams open after the transfer of data, set this to False. The default value is True.

ConnectionTimeout: Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.

When set, this configuration setting allows you to specify a different timeout value for establishing a connection. Otherwise, the component will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.

FirewallAutoDetect: Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallHost: Name or IP address of firewall (optional).

If a FirewallHost is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallListener: If true, the component binds to a SOCKS firewall as a server (TCPClient only).

This entry is for TCPClient only and does not work for other components that descend from TCPClient.

If this entry is set, the component acts as a server. RemoteHost and RemotePort are used to tell the SOCKS firewall in which address and port to listen to. The firewall rules may ignore RemoteHost, and it is recommended that RemoteHost be set to empty string in this case.

RemotePort is the port in which the firewall will listen to. If set to 0, the firewall will select a random port. The binding (address and port) is provided through the ConnectionStatus event.

The connection to the firewall is made by calling the Connect method.

FirewallPassword: Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.

If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the component throws an exception.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPort: The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.

The FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.

Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallType: Determines the type of firewall to connect through.

Possible values are as follows:


0	No firewall (default setting).
1	Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80.
2	Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
3	Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
10	Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallUser: A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.

If the FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the Firewall. If the authentication fails, the component throws an exception.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

KeepAliveInterval: The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. A TCP keep-alive packet will be sent after a period of inactivity as defined by KeepAliveTime. If no acknowledgment is received from the remote host, the keep-alive packet will be sent again. This configuration setting specifies the interval at which the successive keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds. This system default if this value is not specified here is 1 second.

Note: This value is not applicable in macOS.

KeepAliveTime: The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. By default, the operating system will determine the time a connection is idle before a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) keep-alive packet is sent. This system default if this value is not specified here is 2 hours. In many cases, a shorter interval is more useful. Set this value to the desired interval in milliseconds.

Linger: When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.

This property controls how a connection is closed. The default is True.

In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.

In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.

The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the component returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).

Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.

LingerTime: Time in seconds to have the connection linger.

LingerTime is the time, in seconds, the socket connection will linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP timeout.

LocalHost: The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.

The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface), setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the component initiate connections (or accept in the case of server components) only through that interface.

If the component is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

LocalPort: The port in the local host where the component binds.

This configuration setting must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the component to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.

Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.

LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.

This configuration setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port on the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.

MaxLineLength: The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.

MaxLineLength is the size of an internal buffer, which holds received data while waiting for an EOL string.

If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.

If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.

The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.

MaxTransferRate: The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.

This configuration setting can be used to throttle outbound TCP traffic. Set this to the number of bytes to be sent per second. By default, this is not set and there is no limit.

ProxyExceptionsList: A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.

This configuration setting optionally specifies a semicolon-separated list of hostnames or IP addresses to bypass when a proxy is in use. When requests are made to hosts specified in this property, the proxy will not be used. For instance:

www.google.com;www.nsoftware.com

TCPKeepAlive: Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.

If set to True, the socket's keep-alive option is enabled and keep-alive packets will be sent periodically to maintain the connection. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to configure the timing of the keep-alive packets.

Note: This value is not applicable in Java.

TcpNoDelay: Whether or not to delay when sending packets.

When set to True, the socket will send all data that are ready to send at once. When set to False, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.

By default, this configuration setting is set to False.

UseIPv6: Whether to use IPv6.

When set to 0 (default), the component will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the component will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the component to prefer IPv6 addresses, but use IPv4 if IPv6 is not supported on the system, this setting should be set to 2. The default value is 0. Possible values are as follows:


0	IPv4 only
1	IPv6 only
2	IPv6 with IPv4 fallback

UseNTLMv2: Whether to use NTLM V2.

When authenticating with NTLM, this setting specifies whether NTLM V2 is used. By default this value is False and NTLM V1 will be used. Set this to True to use NTLM V2.

SSL Config Settings

CACertFilePaths: The paths to CA certificate files when using Mono on Unix/Linux.

This configuration setting specifies the paths on disk to certificate authority (CA) certificate files when using Mono on Unix/Linux. It is not applicable in any other circumstances.

The value is formatted as a list of paths separated by semicolons. The component will check for the existence of each file in the order specified. When a file is found, the CA certificates within the file will be loaded and used to determine the validity of server or client certificates.

The default value is as follows:

/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem;/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt;/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt;/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem

LogSSLPackets: Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.

When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this configuration setting controls whether Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) packets should be logged. By default, this configuration setting is False, as it is useful only for debugging purposes.

When enabled, SSL packet logs are output using the SSLStatus event, which will fire each time an SSL packet is sent or received.

Enabling this configuration setting has no effect if SSLProvider is set to Platform.

ReuseSSLSession: Determines if the SSL session is reused.

If set to True, the component will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:

The target host name is the same.
The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
The application process that calls the function is the same.
The logon session is the same.
The instance of the component is the same.

SSLCACerts: A newline separated list of CA certificates to be included when performing an SSL handshake.

When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this configuration setting specifies one or more CA certificates to be included with the SSLCert property. Some servers or clients require the entire chain, including CA certificates, to be presented when performing SSL authentication. The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
... Intermediate Cert ...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
... Root Cert ...
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

SSLCheckCRL: Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.

This configuration setting specifies whether the component will check the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) specified by the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the component will first obtain the list of CRL URLs from the server certificate's CRL distribution points extension. The component will then make HTTP requests to each CRL endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the component throws an exception.

When set to 0 (default), the CRL check will not be performed by the component. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the CRL check, but it will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support CRL. When set to 2, it will perform the CRL check and will throw an error if CRL is not supported.

This configuration setting is supported only in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is supported only on Windows operating systems.

SSLCheckOCSP: Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.

This configuration setting specifies whether the component will use OCSP to check the validity of the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the component will first obtain the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) URL from the server certificate's OCSP extension. The component will then locate the issuing certificate and make an HTTP request to the OCSP endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation, the component throws an exception.

When set to 0 (default), the component will not perform an OCSP check. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the OCSP check, but it will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support OCSP. When set to 2, it will perform the OCSP check and will throw an error if OCSP is not supported.

This configuration setting is supported only in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is supported only on Windows operating systems.

SSLCipherStrength: The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.

This minimum cipher strength is largely dependent on the security modules installed on the system. If the cipher strength specified is not supported, an error will be returned when connections are initiated.

Note: This configuration setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library. The actual cipher strength used for the connection is shown by the SSLStatus event.

Use this configuration setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.

When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList configuration setting.

SSLClientCACerts: A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL client certificate validation.

This configuration setting is only applicable to server components (e.g., TCPServer) see SSLServerCACerts for client components (e.g., TCPClient). This setting can be used to optionally specify one or more CA certificates to be used when verifying the client certificate that is presented by the client during the SSL handshake when SSLAuthenticateClients is enabled. When verifying the client's certificate, the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the client's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This configuration setting should be set only if the client's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.

The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
... Intermediate Cert ...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
... Root Cert ...
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

SSLEnabledCipherSuites: The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.

This configuration setting enables the cipher suites to be used in SSL negotiation.

By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").

The special value "*" means that the component will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.

Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.

Example values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include the following: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include the following:

CALG_3DES
CALG_3DES_112
CALG_AES
CALG_AES_128
CALG_AES_192
CALG_AES_256
CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
CALG_CYLINK_MEK
CALG_DES
CALG_DESX
CALG_DH_EPHEM
CALG_DH_SF
CALG_DSS_SIGN
CALG_ECDH
CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
CALG_ECDSA
CALG_ECMQV
CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
CALG_HUGHES_MD5
CALG_HMAC
CALG_KEA_KEYX
CALG_MAC
CALG_MD2
CALG_MD4
CALG_MD5
CALG_NO_SIGN
CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
CALG_PCT1_MASTER
CALG_RC2
CALG_RC4
CALG_RC5
CALG_RSA_KEYX
CALG_RSA_SIGN
CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
CALG_SEAL
CALG_SHA
CALG_SHA1
CALG_SHA_256
CALG_SHA_384
CALG_SHA_512
CALG_SKIPJACK
CALG_SSL2_MASTER
CALG_SSL3_MASTER
CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
CALG_TEK
CALG_TLS1_MASTER
CALG_TLS1PRF

Example values when SSLProvider is set to Internalinclude the following:

obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA");

Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Internal include the following:

TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

When TLS 1.3 is negotiated (see SSLEnabledProtocols), only the following cipher suites are supported:

TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.

SSLEnabledProtocols: Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

This configuration setting is used to enable or disable the supported security protocols.

Not all supported protocols are enabled by default. The default value is 4032 for client components, and 3072 for server components. To specify a combination of enabled protocol versions set this config to the binary OR of one or more of the following values:


TLS1.3	12288 (Hex 3000)
TLS1.2	3072 (Hex C00) (Default - Client and Server)
TLS1.1	768 (Hex 300) (Default - Client)
TLS1	192 (Hex C0) (Default - Client)
SSL3	48 (Hex 30)
SSL2	12 (Hex 0C)

Note that only TLS 1.2 is enabled for server components that accept incoming connections. This adheres to industry standards to ensure a secure connection. Client components enable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 by default and will negotiate the highest mutually supported version when connecting to a server, which should be TLS 1.2 in most cases.

SSLEnabledProtocols: Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 Notes:

By default when TLS 1.3 is enabled, the component will use the internal TLS implementation when the SSLProvider is set to Automatic for all editions.

In editions that are designed to run on Windows, SSLProvider can be set to Platform to use the platform implementation instead of the internal implementation. When configured in this manner, please note that the platform provider is supported only on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and up. The default internal provider is available on all platforms and is not restricted to any specific OS version.

If set to 1 (Platform provider), please be aware of the following notes:

The platform provider is available only on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and up.
SSLEnabledCipherSuites and other similar SSL configuration settings are not supported.
If SSLEnabledProtocols includes both TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2, these restrictions are still applicable even if TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Enabling TLS 1.3 with the platform provider changes the implementation used for all TLS versions.

SSLEnabledProtocols: SSL2 and SSL3 Notes:

SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are not supported by the component when the SSLProvider is set to internal. To use SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0, the platform security API must have the protocols enabled and SSLProvider needs to be set to platform.

SSLEnableRenegotiation: Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.

This configuration setting specifies whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension will be used in the request when using the internal security API. This configuration setting is false by default, but it can be set to true to enable the extension.

This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLIncludeCertChain: Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.

This configuration setting specifies whether the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event contains the full certificate chain. By default this value is False and only the leaf certificate will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event.

If set to True, all certificates returned by the server will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.

Note: When SSLProvider is set to Internal this value is automatically set to true. This is needed for proper validation when using the internal provider.

SSLKeyLogFile: The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.

This configuration setting optionally specifies the full path to a file on disk where per-session secrets are stored for debugging purposes.

When set, the component will save the session secrets in the same format as the SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable functionality used by most major browsers and tools, such as Chrome, Firefox, and cURL. This file can then be used in tools such as Wireshark to decrypt TLS traffic for debugging purposes. When writing to this file, the component will only append, it will not overwrite previous values.

Note: This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLNegotiatedCipher: Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

This configuration setting returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipher[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength: Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength.

This configuration setting returns the strength of the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite: Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

This configuration setting returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake represented as a single string.

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange: Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.

This configuration setting returns the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength: Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.

This configuration setting returns the strength of the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

SSLNegotiatedVersion: Returns the negotiated protocol version.

This configuration setting returns the protocol version negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedVersion[connId]");

SSLSecurityFlags: Flags that control certificate verification.

The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be ORed together to exclude multiple conditions:


0x00000001	Ignore time validity status of certificate.
0x00000002	Ignore time validity status of CTL.
0x00000004	Ignore non-nested certificate times.
0x00000010	Allow unknown certificate authority.
0x00000020	Ignore wrong certificate usage.
0x00000100	Ignore unknown certificate revocation status.
0x00000200	Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status.
0x00000400	Ignore unknown certificate authority revocation status.
0x00000800	Ignore unknown root revocation status.
0x00008000	Allow test root certificate.
0x00004000	Trust test root certificate.
0x80000000	Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN non-matching server name).

This functionality is currently not available in Java or when the provider is OpenSSL.

SSLServerCACerts: A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL server certificate validation.

This configuration setting is only used by client components (e.g., TCPClient) see SSLClientCACerts for server components (e.g., TCPServer). This configuration setting can be used to optionally specify one or more CA certificates to be used when connecting to the server and verifying the server certificate. When verifying the server's certificate, the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the server's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This configuration setting should be set only if the server's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.

The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
... Intermediate Cert...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
... Root Cert...
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

TLS12SignatureAlgorithms: Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

This configuration setting specifies the allowed server certificate signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal and SSLEnabledProtocols is set to allow TLS 1.2.

When specified the component will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this configuration setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported, the component throws an exception.

The format of this value is a comma-separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance: component.SSLProvider = TCPClientSSLProviders.sslpInternal; component.Config("SSLEnabledProtocols=3072"); //TLS 1.2 component.Config("TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa"); The default value for this configuration setting is sha512-ecdsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa,sha384-ecdsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha256-ecdsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha224-ecdsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha1-ecdsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa.

To not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this configuration setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.

TLS12SupportedGroups: The supported groups for ECC.

This configuration setting specifies a comma-separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.2 for ECC.

The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.

When using TLS 1.2 and SSLProvider is set to Internal, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:

"ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
"ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
"ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)

TLS13KeyShareGroups: The groups for which to pregenerate key shares.

This configuration setting specifies a comma-separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. The groups specified here will have key share data pregenerated locally before establishing a connection. This can prevent an additional roundtrip during the handshake if the group is supported by the server.

The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result, only some groups are included by default in this configuration setting.

Note: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used that is not present in this list, it will incur an additional roundtrip and time to generate the key share for that group.

In most cases, this configuration setting does not need to be modified. This should be modified only if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

"ecdhe_x25519" (default)
"ecdhe_x448"
"ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
"ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
"ecdhe_secp521r1"
"ffdhe_2048" (default)
"ffdhe_3072" (default)
"ffdhe_4096"
"ffdhe_6144"
"ffdhe_8192"

TLS13SignatureAlgorithms: The allowed certificate signature algorithms.

This configuration setting holds a comma-separated list of allowed signature algorithms. Possible values include the following:

"ed25519" (default)
"ed448" (default)
"ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256" (default)
"ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384" (default)
"ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512" (default)
"rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
"rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
"rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
"rsa_pss_sha256" (default)
"rsa_pss_sha384" (default)
"rsa_pss_sha512" (default)

The default value is rsa_pss_sha256,rsa_pss_sha384,rsa_pss_sha512,rsa_pkcs1_sha256,rsa_pkcs1_sha384,rsa_pkcs1_sha512,ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256,ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384,ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512,ed25519,ed448. This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLEnabledProtocols includes TLS 1.3.

TLS13SupportedGroups: The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.

This configuration setting specifies a comma-separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. This configuration setting should be modified only if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

"ecdhe_x25519" (default)
"ecdhe_x448" (default)
"ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
"ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
"ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
"ffdhe_2048" (default)
"ffdhe_3072" (default)
"ffdhe_4096" (default)
"ffdhe_6144" (default)
"ffdhe_8192" (default)

Socket Config Settings

AbsoluteTimeout: Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.

If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method that does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.

Note: This option is not valid for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports.

FirewallData: Used to send extra data to the firewall.

When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g., headers for custom authentication schemes).

InBufferSize: The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. In some cases, increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

OutBufferSize: The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. In some cases, increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo: Information about the product's build.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

GUIAvailable: Whether or not a message loop is available for processing events.

In a GUI-based application, long-running blocking operations may cause the application to stop responding to input until the operation returns. The component will attempt to discover whether or not the application has a message loop and, if one is discovered, it will process events in that message loop during any such blocking operation.

In some non-GUI applications, an invalid message loop may be discovered that will result in errant behavior. In these cases, setting GUIAvailable to false will ensure that the component does not attempt to process external events.

LicenseInfo: Information about the current license.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a component is using. It will return the following information:

Product: The product the license is for.
Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.

MaskSensitiveData: Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to true to mask sensitive data. The default is true.

This setting only works on these components: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseFIPSCompliantAPI: Tells the component whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs.

When set to true, the component will utilize the underlying operating system's certified APIs. Java editions, regardless of OS, utilize Bouncy Castle Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), while all other Windows editions make use of Microsoft security libraries.

FIPS mode can be enabled by setting the UseFIPSCompliantAPI configuration setting to true. This is a static setting that applies to all instances of all components of the toolkit within the process. It is recommended to enable or disable this setting once before the component has been used to establish a connection. Enabling FIPS while an instance of the component is active and connected may result in unexpected behavior.

For more details, please see the FIPS 140-2 Compliance article.

Note: This setting is applicable only on Windows.

Note: Enabling FIPS compliance requires a special license; please contact sales@nsoftware.com for details.

UseInternalSecurityAPI: Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to false, the component will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable. In this case, calls to unmanaged code will be made. In certain environments, this is not desirable. To use a completely managed security implementation, set this setting to true.

Setting this configuration setting to true tells the component to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

On Windows, this setting is set to false by default. On Linux/macOS, this setting is set to true by default.

If using the .NET Standard Library, this setting will be true on all platforms. The .NET Standard library does not support using the system security libraries.

Note: This setting is static. The value set is applicable to all components used in the application.

When this value is set, the product's system dynamic link library (DLL) is no longer required as a reference, as all unmanaged code is stored in that file.

Trappable Errors (AS4Server Component)

AS4Server Errors

601	Unsupported signature algorithm.
705	No response to deliver.
774	Error writing to stream.
1201	Invalid ebXML.
1204	Invalid part href value.
1205	Unknown original message when creating receipt.
1206	Could not build user message.
1207	MPC value is missing.
1210	A required property is not set, check the message for details.
1211	Invalid or missing URL.
1212	Unable to send request.
1213	The other party returned an error. Check the Errors property for details.
1214	Error processing receipt.
1215	Error saving data to AsyncReceiptInfoDir.
1216	Error reading data from AsyncReceiptInfoDir.
1217	MPC in the response does not match the MPC in the request.
1218	Duplicate message detected.
1219	Invalid profile value.
1220	Unsupported compression type
1221	Input file not found.
1222	Error compressing file.
1223	Invalid LogLevel value.
1224	Error setting EDI content when building message.
1225	Could not find a required message part.
1226	Invalid SOAP message.
1227	Invalid signature.
1228	Unknown XML reference.
1229	Digest verification failed.
1230	Could not find the required key.
1231	No CipherReference of CipherValue found.
1232	Only cid references are supported.
1233	Error signing message.
1234	Cannot find subject identifier.
1235	Error creating encryption key.
1236	Error decrypting part.
1237	Error calculating digest.
1238	The specified certificate cannot be used to decrypt this message.
1239	A signature is required, but is not present.
1240	Encryption is required, but the message is not encrypted.

HTTP Errors

118	Firewall error. The error description contains the detailed message.
143	Busy executing current method.
151	HTTP protocol error. The error message has the server response.
152	No server specified in URL.
153	Specified URLScheme is invalid.
155	Range operation is not supported by server.
156	Invalid cookie index (out of range).
301	Interrupted.
302	Cannot open AttachedFile.

The component may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other components.

TCPClient Errors

100	You cannot change the RemotePort at this time. A connection is in progress.
101	You cannot change the RemoteHost (Server) at this time. A connection is in progress.
102	The RemoteHost address is invalid (0.0.0.0).
104	Already connected. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
106	You cannot change the LocalPort at this time. A connection is in progress.
107	You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
112	You cannot change MaxLineLength at this time. A connection is in progress.
116	RemotePort cannot be zero. Please specify a valid service port number.
117	You cannot change the UseConnection option while the component is active.
135	Operation would block.
201	Timeout.
211	Action impossible in control's present state.
212	Action impossible while not connected.
213	Action impossible while listening.
301	Timeout.
303	Could not open file.
434	Unable to convert string to selected CodePage.
1105	Already connecting. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
1117	You need to connect first.
1119	You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
1120	Connection dropped by remote host.

TCP/IP Errors

10004	[10004] Interrupted system call.
10009	[10009] Bad file number.
10013	[10013] Access denied.
10014	[10014] Bad address.
10022	[10022] Invalid argument.
10024	[10024] Too many open files.
10035	[10035] Operation would block.
10036	[10036] Operation now in progress.
10037	[10037] Operation already in progress.
10038	[10038] Socket operation on nonsocket.
10039	[10039] Destination address required.
10040	[10040] Message is too long.
10041	[10041] Protocol wrong type for socket.
10042	[10042] Bad protocol option.
10043	[10043] Protocol is not supported.
10044	[10044] Socket type is not supported.
10045	[10045] Operation is not supported on socket.
10046	[10046] Protocol family is not supported.
10047	[10047] Address family is not supported by protocol family.
10048	[10048] Address already in use.
10049	[10049] Cannot assign requested address.
10050	[10050] Network is down.
10051	[10051] Network is unreachable.
10052	[10052] Net dropped connection or reset.
10053	[10053] Software caused connection abort.
10054	[10054] Connection reset by peer.
10055	[10055] No buffer space available.
10056	[10056] Socket is already connected.
10057	[10057] Socket is not connected.
10058	[10058] Cannot send after socket shutdown.
10059	[10059] Too many references, cannot splice.
10060	[10060] Connection timed out.
10061	[10061] Connection refused.
10062	[10062] Too many levels of symbolic links.
10063	[10063] File name is too long.
10064	[10064] Host is down.
10065	[10065] No route to host.
10066	[10066] Directory is not empty
10067	[10067] Too many processes.
10068	[10068] Too many users.
10069	[10069] Disc Quota Exceeded.
10070	[10070] Stale NFS file handle.
10071	[10071] Too many levels of remote in path.
10091	[10091] Network subsystem is unavailable.
10092	[10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range.
10093	[10093] Winsock is not loaded yet.
11001	[11001] Host not found.
11002	[11002] Nonauthoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup).
11003	[11003] Nonrecoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP.
11004	[11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup).