Skip ACF banner and navigation
Department of Health and Human Services logo
Questions?
Privacy
Site Index
Contact Us
 Home| Services|Working with ACF|Policy/Planning|About ACF|ACF News Search
Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Child Support EnforcementGiving Hope and Support to America's Children

QUICK Technical Highlights

  • Security Features
  • Data Flow
  • Data Request Options
  • Messaging
  • Security Protocol
  • Application Architecture

Security Highlights

  • Data Transmissions are encrypted
  • Users must be authenticated via a certified State system
  • Key user transactions are logged
  • Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates are used to authenticate servers

QUICK Data Flow

QUICK Data Flow Chart

Data Request Options

  1. HTML Request
  2. XML/SOAP Request

Option 1: HTML Request

HTML Request Flow Chart

Option 2: XML/SOAP Request

XML / SOAP Request Flow Chart

SSL Security Handshake Protocol

SSL Security Handshake Flow Chart

Application Architecture

Components OCSE Examples of Options
Development Components Struts JChart, Xerces, Xalan, Log4J, Threadworks
IDE Eclipse Visual Studio, NetBeans, WebSphere Studio, JBuilder
Build Management ANT Shell scripts
Development Language J2EE C#, C++, Visual Basic, PERL, Python
Web Services Apache Axis .NET, Websphere, Weblogic
Application Server Apache Tomcat .NET, JBoss, Websphere, Weblogic
Web Server Apache Webserver IIS, iPlanet
Database MySQL SqlServer, DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL
Operating System SUSE LINUX Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, Redhat, BSD