SFTP Security Best Practice

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    • August 19, 2009 at 7:42 PM #23068
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        Hi,

        Is there any best practices out there to communicate external partners lets say receiving files via SFTP adapter from the BizTalk? What are security concerns if calling SFTP to receive files directly from the BizTalk hosted in the intranet and have firewall sitting before it or is there better approach to put some service in the DMZ that handles send and receive portion? Any suggestion or idea is appreciated.

        Thanks,

        Ron

      • August 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM #23074
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          Hi Ron,

          I don’t recall using an SFTP adapter from a BizTalk orchestration to exchange information with external partners, but I implemented a standalone .NET application which transferred a data file to an external partner using SFTP protocol, and this program resides in our secure corporate internal network (behind a firewall). So I assume that you could do the same for your BizTalk scenario.

          Also, BizTalk 2006 R2 platform does not supply any SFTP adapter with its SDK, so you will need to buy a third-party software module to implement that in your project. One good place to look for that kind of adapter is /n Software Inc., and here is the link to that particular adapter:

          http://www.nsoftware.com/products/biztalk/adapters/sftp.aspx

          Best of luck with your project!

          Daniel.

           

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