Network and Communication Security 

General

Your network infrastructure is extremely important in protecting your system. Therefore refer to the general notes for SAP ECC under Network and Communication Security.

Communication Channel Security

The following table shows the communication paths that the components Decentralized Warehouse Management, Transportation (LE-TRA), and Shipping (LE-SHP) use, the protocol used for the connection, and the type of data transferred.

Communication Paths

Communication Path	Protocol Used	Type of Data Transferred	Data Requiring Special Protection	Note
SAP ECC system – another SAP ECC system or external system	RFC	Application data (inbound and outbound deliveries)	-	Decentralized Warehouse Management, communication via BAPI IDoc interface

You can protect RFC connections using Secure Network Communications (SNC). For more information, see the SAP NetWeaver security guide under Network and Communication Security ® Transport Layer Security.

Technical Users:

You can use the workflow user WF-BATCH to generate inbound and outbound deliveries. The user must have authorization to create an inbound delivery.