Encrypted
connections
Software components communicate over TCP connections by using the
Remote API. Clients who are using Remote API connections, authenticate
themselves to servers by sending credentials, normally a username and password.
When the credentials are passed as cleartext, they can be snooped from the
network or accessed by using man-in-the-middle configurations.
You can encrypt certain connections by using different keys for the
Advanced Encryption Standard based on a combination of the Diffie Helman
standard and the site secret associated with the installation.
Encrypted connections do not work with the following products:
- Perl API
- Adapter for NetIQ AppManager