Introduction

Distributed systems, such as Universal Agent, communicate over data networks. All Universal Agent components communicate using the TCP/IP protocol; they do not use the UDP protocol for any product data communication over a network.

Network Protocols

Universal Agent can utilize either of two network protocols:

• Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security Protocol
  Secure Socket Layer/ Transport Layer Security provides the highest level of security available. SSL/TLS is a widely used and accepted network protocol for distributed software applications that are required to address all aspects of secure data transfer on private and public networks. All Universal Agent components (version 3.x and later) use SSL/TLS.
• Universal V2 Protocol
  Universal V2 (version 2) legacy protocol, UNVv2, is provided for backward compatibility with Universal Agent (formerly Universal Products) versions earlier than 3.x, and when the SSL/TLS protocol resource utilization is considered too high. To ensure backward compatibility, this protocol is still supported by version 3.x components.

In addition to the network protocol used to transmit data, Universal Agent components use an application-layer protocol, Universal Application Protocol, to exchange data messages.

Detailed Information

The following pages provide detailed information for Network Data Transmission:

• SSL/TLS Protocol
• Universal V2 Protocol
• Universal Application Protocol
• Network Data Transmission Tuning
• Network Data Transmission Configurable Options