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Project:
Hermes Message Service Handler
Hermes
is a Message Service Handler
(MSH) or message gateway that provides a standardized,
reliable,
and secure infrastructure for enterprises
to
exchange business documents. It
is in compliance with
the OASIS
ebXML Message Service (ebMS V2) standard.
The lastest version, Hermes 2 also supports
Applicability
Specification 2 (AS2), a
common message transfer protocol used by
retailers and manufacturers in supply chains. Hermes
supports secure messaging
functions through widely-adopted Internet security
technologies, such as XML Signature, SSL (Secure
Socket Layer) and S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions). It has also implemented
reliable delivery features defined in ebMS
and AS2 standards
to ensure the exchanged message is received
and intact. The feature list of Hermes includes
message packaging, reliable messaging, message
ordering, error handling, security, synchronous
reply, message status service, and RDBMS persistent
storage. Hermes also supports transport protocols,
such as HTTP and SMTP, to suit different needs
of large and small enterprises, and different
business requirements.
In addition to secure and
reliable messaging functions, Hermes supports
the concept of 'quality of service' by respecting
in-force agreements between itself and any other
ebMS-compliant MSH with which it communicates.
These agreements are expressed as CPA.
Hermes is an MSH
implemented by developers at the Center
for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development
at the University
of Hong Kong. Hermes has completed the
AS2 interoperability with 29 other products.
The test was organized by the US leading testing
company, the Drummond
Group. The
message has also demonstrated ebMS interoperability
in connectivity, reliability and security with
9 Asian products. An
open-source project released under
the Academic
Free License, Hermes 1, can
be downloaded here.
Hermes 2 is available under a dual
license model. Released
under
the GNU General Public License Version 2, Hermes
2 open source version (H2O) and its source
code can be downloaded here.
A deployment case
of Hermes describes how Hermes is
being
used by two enterprises in Hong Kong
can be
found under Deployment
Cases.
You are invited to
subscribe
to the mailing
lists hosted at SourceForge for any
discussions on general and technical issues
of Hermes 1. For Hermes 2, community support
is provided through the mailing list cecid-hermes2@googlegroups.com. Users
and OEMs can also obtain professional support
from Hermes' first
value-added partners. Requests can be sent through email to enquiry@cecid.hku.hk.
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