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Re: Question about SSL
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"Steve Dirickson (Volt)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Dirickson (Volt)
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Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:22:11 -0700
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Everything transferred over a TLS (f.k.a. SSL3, PCT)-protected connection is encrypted. Well, I guess I should say "usually encrypted"; the TLS Record Protocol allows for unencrypted data, though that seems to kind of defeat the purpose of using a secure channel.

> -----Original Message-----
> Here's a question about SSL enabled web servers, such as 
> WebWise. I would
> like to know, when data is transfered over https, is the data 
> secure in both
> directions (downstream & upstream) or is only the data submitted back
> (upstream) to the web server encrypted.

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