Privacy

Given the public nature of the Internet, the privacy of data on the wire is of prime importance. You need to know that an intruder cannot listen to communications and pick up user passwords to be used later to gain access to your systems. Data passed between computers must be protected from being read by unauthorized individuals.

Cryptography can ensure the privacy of network communications. The SSL technology in Sun WebServer provides encryption of information accessed over the Web. The SunScreen SKIP software provides encryption of all IP traffic between interfaces on your network.