Encrypting Confidential Data Exchanged with Clients

Your business needs might require that confidential data be exchanged between the client computers and the Web server. You can help ensure that this information is safeguarded on the network by using encryption. Encryption is a cryptographic process that helps prevent unauthorized users from viewing the encrypted data.

Figure 3.6 illustrates the process for encrypting confidential data that is exchanged between client computers and the Web server.

Encrypting Confidential Data Exchanged with Clients

Figure 3.6. Encrypting Confidential Data Exchanged with Clients

The method you select for encrypting the data exchanged between the client computers and ...

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