Message acquisition and disposition refers to the secure receipt and distribution (emit) of messages. Messages on any channel can also be encrypted and decrypted using services provided by iWay Service Manager. Specific security protocols that are provided with iWay Service Manager are listed and described in the following table:

Protocol	Description
nHTTP	HTTP including SSL and support for both basic and digest authentication.
nAS2	AS2 secure messaging protocol.
FTP[/S]	FTP client over secure SSL channels.
SFTP	FTP client over secure shell.
FTPServer	FTP server offering FTP/S protocol.
MQ [with crypto]	Access to standard MQ security settings.

For more information on these message protocols, see the iWay Service Manager Component and Functional Language Reference Guide. All of these protocols are designed to automatically encrypt and decrypt messages, apply authentication and authorization accordingly, and attempt to isolate and prevent spurious message attacks.