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Overview
ADSS Auto File Processor (AFP) is flexible front-end application for the ADSS Enterprise Server. It provides intelligent watched folder automatic monitoring of one or more Windows folders or Unix directories to process batches of document in an unattended environment.

AFP delivers this by monitoring a set of input locations for documents. Any documents found in a location are signed or verified as specified by operator defined policies. The digital signature creation or verification requests are processed by making calls to the ADSS Enterprise Server. The resultant documents are then delivered to an output folder, or if a problem is detected, an issues folder.

AFP represents one of the simplest ways to utilise the power of the ADSS Enterprise Server within organisations as it requires no programmatic integration.

Features & Benefits

Handles multiple watched folders:
AFP can manage multiple watched folders profiles, each defines a set of input, output and error folders and other parameters like which signing profile to use

Supports multiple signature formats:
AFP signing profiles can use the full power of ADSS Enterprise Server and thus sign using basic and long-term signatures in various formats including: PDF, PDF/A, XML DSig, XAdES, PKCS#7, CMS & CAdES.


Supports signing and verification:
Because AFP delegates the security operations to ADSS Enterprise Server it means that AFP can request documents to be signed or verified. In future archiving will also be offered on the ADSS Enterprise Server and made available in AFP.

Scalability and Resilience:
AFP has been designed for high throughput and high availability and it can load balance requests across multiple ADSS Servers.

Sophisticated Filtering:
AFP allows watched folder profiles to include complex rules such as defining sub-folders, filename filters, batch sizes and operational timers.

Security:
To ensure that only authorised requests are processed AFP authenticates itself to ADSS Enterprise Server using a pre-defined caller ID. For stronger authentication AFP can optionally sign requests or use SSL client authentication. ADSS Enterprise Server retains a secure log of all request and response transactions and can provide detailed reports from these.

Cost Effective:
ADSS Enterprise Server is modular product and only the modules your business needs need to be licensed. This provides a flexible yet cost-effective solution, with in built investment protection since other modules can be added later to support future business needs. There are no transactional costs - a server can be used to process any number of documents.


Deployment Scenario
The following shows how AFP can be used with the ADSS Enterprise Server for automated document signing:


Client-side signature creation
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