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Siebel Security Hardening Guide > Securing the Network and Infrastructure > About Securing the Network Infrastructure > About Using Internet Protocol SecurityInternet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a mechanism for securing communications at the Internet Protocol (IP) layer. If IPsec is implemented, then IP packets (including the TCP information) are encrypted. You do not have to configure Siebel Business Applications to enable IPsec in your deployment. IPsec encrypts TCP data; that is, data at layers 4 to 7 of the OSI model. If you want to implement load balancing, then be aware that Web server load balancers cannot balance loads for encrypted information from layers 4 to 7. Before implementing IPsec, therefore, check with the server load-balancing vendor for support details. If you implement IPsec, then follow these recommendations:
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