Choosing secure communication protocols

To guard against the inherent security problems associated with network traffic, and to provide a greater level of security for your applications, you can encrypt an application's configuration file and application-component downloads by using a secure communication protocol. For example, you can use HTTPS to encrypt network traffic with a combination of symmetric and asymmetric ciphers. For more information on symmetric and asymmetric ciphers, see the Digitallysigning files.

Secure protocols that you can use, depending on the server type (Web server, file server, or AppServer) where the files are hosted, include:

For more information on communication protocols for application configuration file and codebase downloads, see Hostingthe WebClient Deployment . For more information on the HTTPS protocol and the AIA, see OpenEdge Application Server: Administration.