First Data Linkpoint API

[susan@thinriver.com]

Has anyone successfully implemented the AbleCommerce Shopping Cart with First Data LinkPoint Global Gateway API in a hosted environment? Thanks!

[sebastian]

Actually, we're in the middle of a site setup using LinkPoint (not my choice) and ran into an issue. Figured I would latch on to your topic--if we get it solved, then I can say we've successfully implemented it. By the way, some issues people have run into with LinkPoint are also discussed here:
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=9580

In my case, I'm getting an error that's virtually identical to the error message mazhar cited in the second post of that thread:

Unable to load certificate ERRs: wsa=33558530 err=33558530 ssl=537317504 sys=33558530. INFO: ACE_SSL (6676|9884) error code: 33558530 - error:02001002:lib(2):func(1):reason(2)

I did try changing the PEM file format as he suggested and it did not change anything. I don't believe it is a permissions issue, as when I restrict the security on the file the error message changes. Has anyone bumped into other causes of this issue? In case it helps, we're on 7.0.5 and are hosting directly with AC. Thanks...

[jmestep]

We tried unsuccessfully ( for 5 weeks!) with a web server running full trust and never could get it to install. Here is the final problem we ran into:

As per our conversation this morning with yourpay tech desk we don’t support window server 2008 32-bit. The only thing that we support is windows 2003 server or early 32-bit that is why the connection is not working.

Concerning the SSL, here is a link that LinkPoint gave me
http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

[sebastian]

Hm, I'm hopeful that that is not our issue, since the error message didn't match what you were bumping into...

EDIT: also, I'm getting the same error message on our test environment, which is Win 2003 with IIS 6.

[sebastian]

Just wanted to say that we got this working. I had been relying on a certificate supplied by our client but it turned out that it was invalid to begin with. It had the right format and everything, but when I got access to the Linkpoint merchant login and downloaded the certificate, the contents were different. I dropped the new one in and all was well.

I didn't spend much time with Linkpoint phone support (and didn't need to discuss any tech questions) but I wanted to say that they answered the phone very quickly and were friendly. Maybe things are changing for the better over there?

[susan@thinriver.com]

We finally decided to switch to Authorize.net - which was a huge improvement. We are hosting with discountasp.net and they will not "open" the port 1129 - so we decided to move on and switch gateways. We've done some "minor" testing with Auth.net, but so far, great results. Good luck ... and thanks so much for the response!