<s>
CFT	O
(	O
Cross	B-Application
File	I-Application
Transfer	I-Application
)	O
(	O
product	O
name	O
:	O
Axway	B-Application
Transfer	O
CFT	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
secure	O
computer	O
file	O
transfer	O
program	O
and	O
protocol	O
from	O
Axway	B-Application
Inc	O
,	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
Finance	O
and	O
banking	O
industries	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
by	O
companies	O
like	O
AG2R	O
La	O
Mondiale	O
and	O
Swiss	O
Post	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFT	O
was	O
for	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
using	O
the	O
French	O
X.25-based	O
Transpac	O
network	B-Architecture
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
use	O
Internet	O
protocols	O
(	O
TCP/IP	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client	O
software	O
must	O
be	O
purchased	O
from	O
Axway	B-Application
,	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
license	O
manager	O
that	O
enforce	O
machine	O
and	O
transfer	O
limits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFT	O
can	O
also	O
trigger	O
remote	O
processes	O
,	O
rename	O
files	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
protocol	O
(	O
PeSIT	B-Protocol
,	O
ODETTE	O
(	O
OFTPv1	O
)	O
,	O
ETEBAC	O
3	O
,	O
EBICS	O
)	O
,	O
apply	O
security	O
constraints	O
and	O
implement	O
the	O
encoding	O
conversion	O
(	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
to	O
EBCDIC	B-Language
for	O
example	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
platform	O
that	O
wants	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
file	O
to	O
a	O
remote	O
partner	O
sends	O
a	O
request	O
over	O
the	O
network	B-Architecture
by	O
specifying	O
the	O
remote	O
platform	O
through	O
its	O
partner	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
remote	O
partner	O
receives	O
the	O
request	O
,	O
it	O
verifies	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
correct	O
destination	O
and	O
creates	O
a	O
record	O
in	O
its	O
local	O
catalogue	O
that	O
lists	O
all	O
requests	O
(	O
treated	O
FIFO	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
a	O
UNIX	B-Application
Sun	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
box	O
,	O
the	O
CFT	O
should	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
sender	O
and	O
the	O
receiver	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
config	O
files	O
for	O
XFB	O
(	O
AXway	B-Application
File	O
Broker	O
)	O
namely	O
locpart.smp	O
and	O
chkusr.txt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFT	O
(	O
Cross	B-Application
File	I-Application
Transfer	I-Application
)	O
is	O
(	O
or	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
)	O
supported	O
on	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
platforms	O
:	O
</s>
