Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
uEncrypt
entire transmission when sending and decrypt it using a web server
at its arrival point.
uSimplest
mechanism is to transmit the message using HTTP over SSL or HTTPS.
ØSufficient for most business needs.
uProblem
in certain architectures where a single transmission needs to be
processed by intermediary servers.
ØData is not secure while it is being processed
on either server, leaving it open to possible
“eavesdropping.”
