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When is each used?
A. Encryption is a process in which a document, or part of a document, is scrambled and protected until it is opened by a person who has the correct decryption keys.
You can encrypt:
Mail messages either outgoing or incoming, so unauthorized users cannot read the content. Documents, fields, and databases, so that certain information is only readable by the intended recipients.
Network ports, so that you can protect data that is in transit between Notes and a Domino server, or between two Domino servers.
SSL transactions, so that you can protect data that is in transit between Notes or a Domino server and an Internet server. The use of a Notes Client to access the Domino Server over the internet uses Domino's 128 bit encryption in every transaction. A client must be authenticated to access the server, and each transaction is checked to ensure that the user logged in can access the server.
Secure Sockets Layer is optional and can be turned on for access to the server, and merely adds a small overhead in time spent negotiating data transfer through the router. All in all this is minimal and hardly noticed by the end user.
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