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Types of Encryption

Encryption is a method of encoding data for security purposes. Siebel Business Applications support industry standards for secure Web communications, and for encryption of sensitive data such as passwords. The following topics outline the standards supported:

• Communications Encryption
• Data Encryption

  Siebel Business Applications limit the encryption key length to 56-bits in its products. If you want to use encryption keys longer than 56-bits for transport layer encryption and data encryption, then you can do so by using Siebel Strong Encryption. For more information, see About Siebel Strong Encryption.