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| Media Type | application |
| subtype | vnd.fints |
| Registered? | Yes |
| See also | Hammann |
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(last updated 2003-05-13) Name : Ingo Hammann Email : [email protected] MIME media type name : Application MIME subtype name : Vendor Tree - vnd.fints Required parameters : version: Version of the FinTS specification. The value must be formed upon the pattern x.yz where x, y ans z are digits and z is omitted if it is 0; at the moment valid version-parameters are: 2.01, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 4.0 Optional parameters : none Encoding considerations : 8bit This media type may require encoding on transports not capable of handling 8 bit text. Security considerations : FinTS has its own security framework providing several possibilities to protect the exchanged messages: (a) XML Signature and XML Encryption with RSA- and DES-algorithms. Signatures are used for secure identifiaction of customers and banks. This subset of the security framework is called HBCI security (Home Banking Computer Interface). (b) PIN and one time password authentication (PIN/TAN) (c) bilateral concerted security techniques ('user-defined signature') This MIME-type is used for the exchange of financial messages. There is no executable content in FinTS messages. (see FinTS specification) Interoperability considerations : Conformance of FinTS MIME to the FinTS specification is required. Published specification : The specification of FinTS in German and English language can be downloaded from http://www.fints.org/spezifikation/2.html Applications which use this media : German Banks support FinTS as an open standard. There are several FinTS server products, at least two different client APIs and a lot of client products. Additional information can be found at http://www.siz.de and http://www.bdb.de Additional information : 1. Magic number(s) : none 2. File extension(s) : .hbci and .hbc; .kom, .upa, .pkd an .bpd for special purpose 3. Macintosh file type code : none 4. Object Identifiers: none The media type application/vnd.fints is containing sequences of segments specified in the specification for Financial Transaction Services (FinTS). FinTS is successor of HBCI (Home Banking Computer Interface) which defined a EDIFACT-based message format (the MIME type for HBCI is application/vnd.hbci). Beginning with version 3.0 the name FinTS is used. With version 4.0 the syntax of the exchanged messages is changed to an XML-based format. Further information can be found at http://www.fints.org/ Person to contact for further information : 1. Name : Ingo Hammann 2. Email : [email protected] Intended usage : Common FinTS is intended for banking applications but may also be used to exchange any kind of information as long as the messages abide by the guidelines of the FinTS specification. Author/Change controller : Zentraler Kreditausschuss (http://www.zka.de) is the standardization board for the FinTS standard. Please contact me under the above address if you need further information. (file created 2003-05-13)