Selecting Protocols to Meet Specific Needs

N1 Service Provisioning System software enables you to select the protocol you will apply to each of the following types of network communication:

• Communication between the Master Server and its children (Local Distributors and Remote Agents)

• Communication between a particular Local Distributor and its children (Remote Agents)

• Communication between the Master Server and a Command Line Interface Client

You can tailor your network security to meet the needs of your particular network topology. For example, if communication within each of your data centers is secure, but your network connection to a remote data center passes through the public Internet, you could configure the Master Server to use SSL when communicating a Local Distributor installed inside the firewall for the remote data center, so that all communication over the Internet is secured. The Local Distributor could use raw TCP/IP to communicate with its children, since all the communication over the local network is secure, and SSL is not required.

For information on configuring SSL and SSH, please see N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Installation Guide.