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Re: Question about SSL
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:22:38 -0700
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Both directions of the TCP stream are encrypted by SSL (i.e. both the
GET/POST/etc HTTP request sent to the server by your browser, and the results
sent back to your browser by the server).

- Mark B.

Peter Osborne wrote:
> 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.
>
> I believe it is the latter but I thought I'd ask.
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