SSHFTP Transport
The SSHFTP (SFTP) transport, one of the public transports in TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition, is used to establish secured SSH tunnels for the communication between TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition server and the trading partners' SSH servers. Based on its use, the SSHFTP transport should not be confused with other methods of securing FTP, such as with SSL/TLS (FTPS).
It is used to establish multiple tunnels for secure communication between two participants. The established secure tunnels, if inactive, will be removed by TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition
Implementation of the SSHFTP transport is based on the following
- SSH The Secure Shell (SSH) standard is available in the public domain, as described in RFC 4250 - 4254: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4250.txt?number=4250.
Note: Only the SSH2 standard is supported: no SSH connections can be established with a server that is limited to using only SSH1.
- SFTP TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition is compliant with the SFTP specification available at http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-03.
Cache Timeout
The cache timeout is time after which a tunnel will be removed if it is not in use (default is 2 hours). Properties for configuring the cache timeout are available on the server side. When changing the cache timeout configuration, ensure that any new or pending transactions will use the tunnel that has been open after the configuration was changed.
For more information about configuring SSHFTP for trading participants, see the following: