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SSL

SSL is a protocol for providing secure communications over TCP/IP. With its successor Transport Layer Security (TLS), SSL has become the industry standard for confidentiality and integrity services.

For more information about SSL, see the SSL 3.0 Specification.

CA Directory supports SSL methods for encryption and authentication. These are known as SSL encryption and SSL authentication. SSL authentication always uses SSL encryption.

You can use SSL encryption to protect any link connections to or from CA Directory DSAs and web applications.

SSL supports X.509 certificates. You can manage these certificates by using DXcertgen, a certification authority, or other appropriate software.