8 Chapter 8. Securing the B2B exchange Chapter 7, "Creating a basic B2B exchange" on page 137, describes the implementation of the exchange of EDI documents using AS2. However, this exchange lacked the usual security aspects of a typical AS2 configuration. This chapter shows you how to add encryption and digital signatures so that the exchange of the documents is performed in a secure way. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005. All rights reserved. 207