Secure electronic data interchange over the Internet

The Electronic Data Interchange over the Internet (EDI-INT) standards provide a secure means of transporting EDI and XML business documents over the, Internet. EDI-INT includes different implementation protocols that work over the Internet's three major transports SMTP, HTTP, and FTP. Each uses Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), digital signatures, encryption, and, message-receipt validation to ensure the necessary security for business-tobusiness communications.